Just Friends Backing Track – This is a good backing track for beginners and experienced musicians alike to practice improvisation.

Just Friends is a jazz standard written in 1931 by John Klenner with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis. Many renowned singers and instrumentalists have performed this theme, artists such as Tony Bennett, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, Larry Coryell, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Earl Hines, Joe Pass, Lee Konitz, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Jack Sheldon and many others.

The structure of this piece is ABAC, there are many chords in 2-bar space that generates comfort for the improviser, as well as the passages in II-V-I that are well-known to jazz musicians.

The instruments that make up this backing track are: Drums, Bass and Piano. The tempo is 140bpm.

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