Polka Dots and Moonbeams Backing Track Jazz Ballad - Here the instrumentalist can improvise on this important 1940s jazz song.

"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" is a 1940s jazz standard composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It has the traditional AABA form with 32 bars, quite common for compositions of that time.

This song has been performed by Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey, Gil Evans, Bill Evans, Paul Desmond, Blue Mitchell, Wes Montgomery, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Clifford Brown, Bud Powell, Lester Young, Chet Baker, John Coltrane, Gerry Mulligan , Lou Donaldson, Oscar Peterson, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Byrd, Joe Pass, Nat King Cole, Cassandra Wilson, John Denver, Bob Dylan and many others.

This jazz standard can be found in "Real Book vol.2" on page 297 and in "The New Real Book vol.1" on page 273.

This backing track consists of drums, double bass and piano. The tempo is at 65bpm.

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