How High The Moon DRUM AND BASS Backing Track Jazz – Apply your improvisation skills to this famous jazz standard from the 1940s.

“How High the Moon” is a jazz song written by Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton that was released in 1940. It is a traditional jazz tune in ABAC form with 32 measures. This song has inspired other well-known songs such as “Ornithology” by Charlie Parker, “Bean At Met” by Coleman Hawkins, “Satellite” by John Coltrane, “Bright Moon” by Jimmy Giuffre, among others.

This song has become a jazz standard and has been performed by countless other great artists, among them we can highlight Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Jeff Beck, Dave Brubeck, Jon Hendricks, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Don Byas, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Erroll Garner, Marvin Gaye, Gloria Gaynor, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Kenny Burrell, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Manhattan Transfer, Metronome All Stars, Anita O’Day, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Joe Lovano, Dianne Reeves, Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Diane Schuur, George Shearing, Jimmy Smith, Art Tatum and many others.

This jazz standard can be found in the “Real Book vol.6” on page 180.

This backing track consists of drums and double bass. The tempo is 170bpm.

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