Jazz waltz

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A Jazz waltz is a composition played by jazz musicians in a syncopated 3/4, 6/4, or 6/8 time signature. Frequently a feeling of swing is created in the accompaniment by anticipating the second beat by a quaver.

[edit] Notable jazz waltzes

The following were either composed as jazz waltzes, or are frequently played as such.

• All Blues (Miles Davis)
• "Gary's Notebook" and "Boy, What a Night!" (both from The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan)
• Footprints (Wayne Shorter) (debatable whether an actual waltz)
• My Favorite Things (associated with John Coltrane)
• Shaman's Blues (The Doors)
• Some Day My Prince Will Come (associated with Miles Davis)
• Waltz For Debby (Bill Evans)
• West Coast Blues (Wes Montgomery)
• Wild Flower (Wayne Shorter)
• Waltz from Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 (Shostakovich)