Jazz standards are musical compositions that are widely known, performed and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire. This list includes tunes written in or after the 1950s that are considered standards by at least one major fake book publication or reference work.

Modal jazz recordings, such as Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, became popular in the late 1950s. Popular modal standards include Davis's "All Blues" and "So What" (both 1959), John Coltrane's "Impressions" (1963) and Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage" (1965). Later, Davis's "second great quintet", which included saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock, recorded a series of highly acclaimed albums in the mid-to-late 1960s. Standards from these sessions include Shorter's "Footprints" (1966) and Eddie Harris's "Freedom Jazz Dance" (1966).

In Brazil, a new style of music called bossa nova evolved in the late 1950s. Based on Brazilian samba as well as jazz, bossa nova was championed by João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá. Gilberto and Stan Getz started a bossa nova craze in the United States with their 1963 album Getz/Gilberto. Among the genre's songs that are now considered standards are Bonfá's "Manhã de Carnaval" (1959), Marcos Valle's "Summer Samba" (1966), and numerous Jobim songs, including "Desafinado" (1959), "The Girl from Ipanema" (1962) and "Corcovado" (1962).

The jazz fusion movement fused jazz with other musical styles, most famously funk and rock. Its golden age was from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. Top fusion artists, such as Weather Report, Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, achieved cross-over popularity, although public interest in the genre faded at the turn of the 1980s. Fusion's biggest hits, Hancock's "Chameleon" (1973) and Joe Zawinul's "Birdland" (1977), have been covered numerous times thereafter and are sometimes considered modern jazz standards.

1950–54

1950 – "If I Were a Bell".If I Were a Bell at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume II, p. 194 Written by Frank Loesser. 1951 – "Au Privave".Au Privave at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 37 – Bebop composition by Charlie Parker. 1951 – "Blues for Alice".The Real Book, Volume I, p. 55The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 26 Composed by Charlie Parker. 1951 – "Birks' Works". Composed by Dizzy Gillespie 1951 – "Night Train".Night Train at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 304 Composed by Jimmy Forrest, Lewis P. Simpkins and Oscar Washington. 1951 – "Straight, No Chaser".Straight No Chaser at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 24, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 386 Composed by Thelonious Monk 1952 – "Bags' Groove".Bag's Groove at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume II, p. 30 Composed by Milt Jackson. 1952 – "Lullaby of Birdland".Lullaby of Birdland at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 256 Composed by George Shearing with lyrics by George David Weiss. 1952 – "My One and Only Love"My One and Only Love at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 288 Composed by Guy Wood with lyrics by Robert Mellin. 1952 – "That's All".That's All at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 363 Written by Bob Haymes and Alan Brandt. 1952 – "When I Fall in Love".When I Fall in Love at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 439 Composed by Victor Young with lyrics by Edward Heyman. 1953 – "Here's That Rainy Day".Here's That Rainy Day at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 175 Composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke. 1953 – "Jordu".Jordu at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 227The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 175 Composed by Duke Jordan. 1953 – "Minority". Composed by Gigi Gryce. 1953 – "Satin Doll".Satin Doll at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 349 Composed by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. 1954 – "Airegin".Listed in New Real Book, Volume IListed in The Real Jazz BookAiregin at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 13 Composed by Sonny Rollins. 1954 – "All of You".All of You at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on May 7, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 21 Written by Cole Porter. 1954 – "Blue Monk".Blue Monk at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 52 Composed by Thelonious Monk. 1954 – "Django".Django at jazzstandards.com retrieved on September 7, 2018The Real Book, Volume I, p. 120 Composed by John Lewis. 1954 – "Doxy".Doxy at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume II, p. 111 Composed by Sonny Rollins. 1954 – "Fly Me to the Moon" (a.k.a. "In Other Words").Fly Me to the Moon (in Other Words) at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume II, p. 135The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 106 Written by Bart Howard. 1954 – "Four".Four at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 149 Composed by Miles Davis. 1954 – "Joy Spring".Joy Spring at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 229 Composed by Clifford Brown with lyrics by Jon Hendricks. 1954 – "Misty".Misty at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 277 Composed by Erroll Garner with lyrics by Johnny Burke. 1954 – "Oleo".Oleo at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 309 Composed by Sonny Rollins. 1954 – "Solar".Solar at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 363 Composed by Miles Davis.

1955–59

1955 – "In Your Own Sweet Way".In Your Own Sweet Way at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on August 7, 2020 Composed by Dave Brubeck with lyrics by Iola Brubeck, popularized by Brubeck and by Miles Davis. 1956 – "Canadian Sunset".Canadian Sunset at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009 Composed by Eddie Heywood with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. 1956 – "Con Alma".Con Alma at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 84 Composed by Dizzy Gillespie. 1956 – "Nica's Dream".Nica's Dream at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 299The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 255 Composed by Horace Silver. 1956 – "St. Thomas".St. Thomas at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume II, p. 339 Composed by Sonny Rollins. 1956 – "Waltz for Debby".Waltz for Debby at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 432 Composed by Bill Evans with lyrics by Gene Lees. 1956 – "Whisper Not".The New Real Book, Volume IIWhisper Not at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on August 31, 2018The Real Book, Volume II Composed by Benny Golson with lyrics by Leonard Feather. 1957 – "Blue Train".The Real Book, Volume I, p. 54 Jazz blues composition by John Coltrane from his album Blue Train. 1957 – "I Remember Clifford".I Remember Clifford at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 192 Composed by Benny Golson with lyrics by Jon Hendricks. 1957 – "Li'l Darlin'". Composed by Neal Hefti for the Count Basie Orchestra, which recorded it in 1957. 1957 – "Soul Eyes".Ratliff, Ben (December 06, 2002) "Mal Waldron, 77, Composer Of the Jazz Ballad 'Soul Eyes'" New York Times Composed by Mal Waldron, who added lyrics. 1958 – "Chega de Saudade" (a.k.a. "No More Blues").Listed in The Real Vocal BookThe Real Book, Volume I, p. 74 Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes (Portuguese) and Jon Hendricks and Jessie Cavanaugh (English). 1958 – "Milestones".Milestones at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume III, p. 277 Composed by Miles Davis. 1958 – "Moanin'".Morrison, Nick (October 13, 2009) "Art Blakey: Jazz Messenger, Jazz Mentor" npr music. Accessed July 31, 2013. Composed by Bobby Timmons with lyrics by Jon Hendricks. 1958 – "Vishnu". Composed by Michael Garrick 1959 – "Afro Blue".Afro Blue at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 11 Composed by Mongo Santamaría. 1959 – "All Blues".All Blues at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 18 Composed by Miles Davis. 1959 – "The Best Is Yet to Come".The Best Is Yet to Come at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009 Composed by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. 1959 – "Blue in Green".Blue in Green at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 51 – Modal jazz composition from Miles Davis's album Kind of Blue. Credited solely to Davis on Kind of Blue and to Davis and Bill Evans on Evans's Portrait in Jazz, the songs authorship is disputed; Evans and Earl Zindars claim that Evans alone composed the tune.See page 20 of the Fall 1993 issue of Letter from Evans (http://www2.selu.edu/orgs/34skid/html/23.pdf) where Earl Zindars says "I know that it is [100-percent Bill's] because he wrote it over at my pad where I was staying in East Harlem, 5th floor walkup, and he stayed until 3 o'clock in the morning playing these six bars over and over."https://www.npr.org/2010/10/08/92185496/bill-evans-on-piano-jazz 35m30s, On being asked about the issue by the interviewer (Marian McPartland), Evans said "The truth is I did [write the music]... I don't want to make a federal case out of it, the music exists, and Miles is getting the royalties" 1959 – "Desafinado" (a.k.a. "Slightly Out of Tune", also "Off Key").Desafinado at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 108 Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Newton Mendonça (Portuguese), and Jon Hendricks and Jessie Cavanaugh (English). 1959 – "Freddie Freeloader".The Real Book, Volume I, p. 151 Composed by Miles Davis. 1959 – "Giant Steps".Giant Steps at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 157The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 121 Composed by John Coltrane. 1959 – "Countdown". Composed by John Coltrane. 1959 – "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat".Goodbye Pork Pie Hat at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 24, 2009 Composed by Charles Mingus. 1959 – "Goodbye Tristesse" (a.k.a. "A Felicidade").A Felicidade at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009 Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes (Portuguese) and Hal Shaper (English). 1959 – "Killer Joe".Killer Joe at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume II, p. 229The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 179 Composed by Benny Golson. 1959 – "Manhã de Carnaval" (a.k.a. "A Day in the Life of a Fool", also "Black Orpheus").The Real Book, Volume I, p. 49 Written by Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria with English lyrics by Carl Sigman. 1959 – "Mr. P.C.".The Real Book, Volume I, p. 276 Composed by John Coltrane. 1959 – "My Favorite Things".My Favorite Things at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 285 Composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. 1959 – "Naima" (a.k.a. "Niema").Naima at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 293The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 238 Composed by John Coltrane. 1959 – "Nostalgia in Times Square".The Real Book, Volume I, p. 306 Written by Charles Mingus. 1959 – "The Sidewinder".Sidewinder at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on April 29, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 355 Composed by Lee Morgan. 1959 – "So What".So What at jazzstandards.com, retrieved on February 20, 2009The Real Book, Volume I, p. 364 Composed by Miles Davis.