[Western Jazz] A Special Feature on Standard Numbers You’ve Heard at Least Once

When you hear the term “jazz standards,” what songs come to mind?

In fact, many of the tunes you’ve probably heard at least once in TV commercials or as background music in department stores are jazz standards.

This time, with “standards” as our theme—beloved for years as jazz music—we’ll introduce a wide range of classics, from songs originally written for films that went on to be covered repeatedly by jazz artists, to numbers composed by jazz musicians themselves.

We’ll present a broad lineup spanning everything from famous prewar pieces and postwar modern jazz to notable ’70s fusion tracks and even popular music from the ’80s.