List of Bebop jazz standards

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Bebop jazz standards are jazz tunes from the 1940s and 1930s that are widely known, performed, and recorded among jazz musicians. Bebop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody, that was developed in the early and mid-1940s. Hard bop later developed from bebop combined with blues and gospel music.

There is no definitive list of Bebop jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be Bebop "jazz standards" changes over time. Nevertheless, the songs commonly included in jazz fake books (books containing the melodies and chords to jazz songs) and those that have been widely recorded are a rough guide to the list of Bebop jazz standards.

Bebop standards include:

• "Anthropology"
• "All The Things You Are"
• "Bags' Groove"
• "Billie's Bounce"
• "Blue Monk"
• "Cherokee"
• "Con Alma"
• "Donna Lee"
• "Doxy"
• "A Night in Tunisia"
• "Now's The Time"
• "Oleo"
• "Ornithology"
• "'Round Midnight"
• "Salt Peanuts"
• "Scrapple from the Apple"
• "Thriving From a Riff"
• "Hot House"
• "Well You Needn't"