Lover Man Backing Track Jazz Ballad – Apply your improvisation skills to this popular jazz standard.

“Lover Man” or “Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)” is a jazz song composed in 1941 by Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez and James Sherman. This song was written for Billie Holiday and her version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989. This song has 32 bars in AABA form.

This song has been performed by great artists, among them we can mention Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Carmen McRae, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz, Benny Carter, Chet Baker, Jackie McLean, Howard McGhee, Bill Evans, Michel Petrucciani, Roland Kirk, Erroll Garner, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Don Byas and many others.

This jazz standard can be found in the “Real Book vol.2” on page 224.

This backing track is composed of drums, bass and piano. The tempo is 60bpm.

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