Summertime Backing Track Jazz – Here the instrumentalist can improvise on one of the most perfect songs ever composed by Gershwin.

“Summertime” is a song composed by George Gershwin in 1934 for the opera Porgy and Bess. Soon after it was composed, the song became a popular favorite and became a jazz standard.

This song has been performed by great artists such as Sidney Bechet, Dexter Gordon, Artie Shaw, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Scott Hamilton, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday, Al Jarreau, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Norah Jones, Modern Jazz Quartet and others.

The sheet music for this jazz standard can be found in the “Real Book vol. 2” on page 323.

This backing track is composed of drums, bass and piano. The tempo is 110bpm.

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