Softly As In A Morning Sunrise NO BASS Backing Track Jazz – Lay bass lines over this 1920s song that has become a jazz standard.

“Softly As In A Morning Sunrise” is a theme composed in 1928 by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II for the Viennese-style Broadway operetta “The New Moon.” Initially, the style of this song was tango, but it didn’t take long for several jazz versions to appear.

This song has been recorded and performed by several renowned artists such as Chet Baker, George Benson, Ron Carter, Jim Hall, Sonny Clark, Ray Alexander, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Stan Getz, Kenny Barron, Vince Guaraldi, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Kelly, Ellis Marsalis, Modern Jazz Quartet, Dianne Reeves, Emily Remler, Sonny Rollins, Artie Shaw, Dave Weckl and many others.

This jazz standard can be found in the “Real Book vol.2” on page 330 and in the “Hal Leonard – Real Jazz Standards Fake Book” on page 458.

This backing track consists of drums and piano. The tempo is 140bpm.

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