Jazz waltz

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 or third beat by a quaver (eighth note).

Notable jazz waltzes

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

* "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones)
* "Afro Blues" (Mongo Santamaria)
* "Alice In Wonderland" (Sammy Fain)
* "All Blues" (Miles Davis)
* "Baubles, Beads, and Bangles" (Robert Wright)
* "Blue Daniel" (Frank Rosalino)
* "Bluesette" (Toots Thielemans)
* "Elsa" (Earl Zinders)
* "Emily" (Bill Evans)
* "Footprints" (Wayne Shorter) (debatable whether an actual waltz)
* "The Inch Worm" (Frank Loesser)
* "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller)
* "Ju Ju" (Wayne Shorter)
* "Little B's Poem" (Bobby Hutcherson)
* "Little Niles" (Randy Weston)
* "Long, Long, Long" (The Beatles)
* "My Favorite Things" (associated with John Coltrane)
* "Simone" (Frank Foster)
* "Skating In Central Park" (John Lewis)
* "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (associated with Miles Davis)
* "Summer In Central Park" (Horace Silver)
* "Sweet Lady" (Monty Alexander)
* "Tenderly" (Walter Gross)
* "Three Views Of A Secret" (Jaco Pastorius)
* "Up Jumped Spring" (Freddie Hubbard)
* "Waltz For Debby" (Bill Evans)
* "Wives And Lovers" (Burt Bacharach)
* "Valse Hot" (Sonnny Rollins)
* "Very Early" (Bill Evans)
* "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery)
* "Wild Flower" (Wayne Shorter)
* "Windows" (Chick Corea)