Jazz commercial songs. Popular commercial songs.
Jazz has a stylish, sophisticated image, and it’s easy on the ears—perfect as background music, right?
You often hear it as BGM in cafes and restaurants, where it helps create a calm, relaxed atmosphere.
And those famous jazz tunes are huge hits in commercials, too!
From global classics known as jazz standards to jazz arrangements of pop songs and anime themes, a wide variety of jazz numbers have been used in commercials over the years.
In this article, we’ll introduce a whole range of jazz featured in commercials all in one go!
Why not take this as a chance to get interested in jazz?
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Jazz commercial songs. Popular commercial songs (21–30)
SpainChick Corea
As a modern jazz performer, Chick Corea is renowned for his wide-ranging works.
His piece Spain also beautifully showcases the distinctive flavor that comes from his virtuosity and expressive power as a performer.
It’s not a piece packed with flashy passages, yet it’s a work where even skilled professional musicians often find it difficult to fully capture every nuance and reproduce all the details.
It was used in a commercial for Kirin Beverage’s Namacha, so many people may recognize the melody.
Here is a performance by Chick Corea himself, the composer, from an event in Montreal.
When You Wish Upon a StarKeith Jarrett Trio
A Wish Upon a Star has been used extensively, including at Tokyo Disneyland, in major financial industry campaigns, and as insert songs on TV programs.
This time, please enjoy it performed by the modern master trio, the Keith Jarrett Trio.
It’s a piece that’s also well known in music box arrangements.
Since it’s actually used in attractions within Disneyland, it’s a wonderful selection whose dreamy melody can bring back the day’s memories for anyone who hears it.
Mack the KnifeElla Fitzgerald
It was used as the song in commercials such as Häagen-Dazs and Itoham’s “Midyear Gift ‘Monologue’” series.
The piece originally comes from The Threepenny Opera, written by the German playwright Brecht, and its English title refers to the German reading of the play’s protagonist’s name.
It is also one of the signature songs of Ella Fitzgerald, one of the three great female vocalists in the jazz world.
Tea For TwoBeverly Kenney
It was used as a commercial song for Ajinomoto’s “100th Anniversary” corporate advertisement and ARSOA Cosmetics’ “facial soap.” Originally, it was a hit as an inserted song in the 1925 musical “No, No, Nanette.” Later, in 1950, it was adapted into a film with the same title, starring Doris Day, and it reportedly became a hit.
My Favorite ThingsJUJU
This is a song by JUJU, a singer who continues to be active while engaging with various scenes like hip-hop and R&B.
Although she’s involved with many genres, she says the one that has influenced her the most is jazz.
It’s well known that her name, JUJU, was taken from the title of an album by jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter! Here you can see a cool side of JUJU that’s different from the one who sings hit songs.
