Stella By Starlight Jazz – A drum and bass-only backing track for this important jazz standard. Enjoy!

This song was composed by Victor Young in 1944 for a film production. It is one of the most popular jazz standards. It has been recorded by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Bud Powell, Stan Kenton, Joe Pass, Bill Evans, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon and many others.

This piece is aimed at advanced jazz students, as it presents a very complex harmony with numerous modulations. There are several II-V-I major and minor cadences, there are altered chords, etc. The melodic minor scale, diminished dominant scale, arpeggios with tensions and many other tools can be applied during improvisation.

Studying this song will certainly bring a lot of knowledge to the jazz beginner and will keep the most experienced improvisers sharp.

This jazz standard can be found in the “Real Book vol.1” on page 408.

This backing track is composed of drums and double bass. The tempo is 160bpm.

The Backing Track with piano and guitar can be found by clicking HERE.

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I hope you enjoy it, happy studying!