Category Jazz

Autumn Leaves – Les Feuilles Mortes – Classical Guitar

“Autumn Leaves” is a popular song. Originally it was a 1945 French song, “fr: Les feuilles mortes” (literally “The Dead Leaves”), with music by Hungarian-American composer Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prevert. It seems that the chords of this…

Nuages by Django for Classical Guitar

“Nuages” is one of the most famous compositions by Django Reinhardt, who has made it thirteen versions. But it is also one of the standards gypsy jazz most played, to which are also added the words, even if the original…

Take the A Train for Classical Guitar

“Take the A Train” is a jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn. It is inspired by the “A” line of the New York metropolitan area, which at the time led by eastern Brooklyn up to Harlem and to the northern…

Fly me to the Moon – Classical Guitar

Fly me to the Moon is a well known jazz standard composed by Bart Howard in the fifties. The most famous version is still the one recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1964, in collaboration with Count Basie. It ‘a song…

Blue Bossa,
jazz theme for classical guitar

Blue Bossa is one of those standards that are never lacking in the repertoire of guitarists who are starting to study jazz. The instrumental theme of this song fits very well to the guitar, even though it was originally composed…