Public Domain Gypsy Jazz Standards

guit_box

Which of the gypsy jazz standards fall under public domain in the US?

I was thinking Dark Eyes might be.

Does anyone know of a public domain fake book?

guit_box

I did a little research and discovered that any song that was recorded in 1922 or older falls under public domain. I can't verify that these tunes are public domain, but that's what my search of wikipedia, etc. tells me. Please help me out and add to the list!!!

after you've gone
avalon
indiana (same chords as donna lee)
limehouse blues
rose room
sheik of araby
st. louis blues
blue moon
shine
china boy

Jack

Have you looked here? They have a list of PD songs you might find useful. They also offer sheet music books for sale.

best,
Jack.

guit_box

I did check that site out. That's where I found info on the US date for the copyright cutoff, and some of the tunes I listed. I was posting on this forum in the hopes that I could get a list of songs in the jazz and gypsy jazz genre that are public domain.

guit_box

Michael, you must have come across some more gypsy jazz standards that are in public domain?

I noticed that John Jorgenson has recorded a lot of these public domain songs, so I guess he doesn't want to pay the overly high fees ascap/bmi/sesac wants for recording music that's still under copyright either.

Tele295

I see Running Wild and Tiger Rag are part of the list in Jack's post above.

Many other tunes are on there that would work in a GJ format. I know a lot of those tunes from old Les Paul records

Phydeaux3

Try www.jazz-on-line.com

Quadropenta

Here's a list of public domain tunes:
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
Bill Bailey
Frankie and Johnny
Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
Chinatown, My Chinatown
Some Of These Days
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Waitin' for the Robert E Lee
St. Louis Blues
12th St Rag
I Ain't Got Nobody
Poor Butterfly
Roses of Picardy
Indiana
Darktown
Rose Room
Smiles
After You've Gone
Jada
Somebody Stole My Gal
Alice Blue Gown
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Dardinella
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Mandy
Swanee
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
Avalon
Japanese Sandman
Love Nest
Margie
Rose of Washington Square
Whispering
All By Myself
April Showers
Dear Old Southland
I'm Just Wild About Harry
I'm Nobody's Baby
Say It With Music
The Sheik of Araby
There'll Be Some Changes Made
Wabash Blues
Wang Wang Blues
Chicago
China Boy
Limehouse Blues
My Buddy
On the Alamo
Runnin' Wild
Stumbling
Toot Toot Tootsie
Way Down Yonder in N.O.