This is a collection of piano/drums/bass backing tracks of standard tunes in their original keys. They are intended for use by vocalists and instrumentalists.
This collection represents the origins of the PlayalongStudio™ project. The tracks are not the same as the ones on the PlayalongStudio™ CDs. Many of the tunes are the same, but these are MP3s without the mixing characteristics that permit them to be recognized by the software. You can certainly burn them to CDs and use PlayalongStudio™ to play them just as it can any other audio CD. But to get the full capabilities offered by PlayalongStudio™, you should order the PlayalongStudio™ CDs themselves.
In all tracks, the piano solo is the next to the last chorus or the first half of the last chorus. Most tunes have a head, one or two rides, a piano chorus, and an out chorus.
These tracks are copyrighted. You may share them. (Please identify the source when you do.) You may use them to practice. You may distribute them to your friends and students. Some players even use them to perform solo gigs. (I don't, but to each his own; whatever it takes.) If you wish to record with any of these tracks for commercial distribution, please ask first. It's okay to use them in a demo or in recordings that you plan to give away. You may not, however, sell them as backing tracks.
Please note that none of these tracks include lyrics or melodies. These are only rhythm section accompaniments and improvised piano solos on the chord changes. This is intentional in order to avoid copyright issues with respect to the tunes, themselves. If you need lead sheets, most of these tunes are published and readily available in the many legal fake and real books available today.
| Title | Key | Tempo | Comments |
| All Of Me | C | 160 | 8 bar intro, tag, long ending |
| Autumn Leaves | G minor | 145 | 4 bar intro, triple ending w/rit |
| Blue Moon | Eb | 120 | 4 bar intro, tag |
| East Of The Sun | G | 120 | 4 bar intro, triple ending |
| Have You Met Miss Jones | F | 180 | 4 bar intro, triple ending |
| I Remember You | F | 135 | 4 bar intro, triple ending |
| I Wish You Love | F | 115 | 4 bar intro, tag |
| Just Friends | C | 180 | 8 bar intro, tag |
| Lady Be Good | F | 200 | 4 bar intro, 2 ride choruses, tag |
| The More I See You | Eb | 170 | 4 bar intro, 2 ride choruses, tag |
| On Green Dolphin Street | C | 160 | 8 bar intro, triple ending |
| Out Of Nowhere | G | 120 | 4 bar intro, triple ending |
| Pennies From Heaven | C | 180 | 4 bar intro, tag, long ending |
| Take The A Train | C | 144 | Standard 4 bar intro, C scale out chorus. |
| There Will Never Be Another You | Bb | 200 | 8 bar intro, triple ending |
| Title | Key | Tempo | Comments |
| Body And Soul | Db | 55 | 4 bar intro, 1/2 piano chorus, rit at end |
| But Beautiful | G | 60 | 4 bar intro, 1/2 piano chorus, tag |
| Don't Blame Me | C | 70 | No intro, 1/2 piano chorus, rit at end |
| Georgia On My Mind | F | 90 | 4 bar intro, tag |
| Here's That Rainy Day | G | 85 | 2 bar intro, 1/2 piano chorus, tag, rit at end |
| My Funny Valentine | C minor | 80 | 4 bar intro, rit at end |
| My Romance | Eb | 80 | 4 bar intro, triple ending |
| Over The Rainbow | Eb | 80 | 4 bar intro |
| Polkadots And Moonbeams | F | 70 | 4 bar intro, 1/2 piano chorus, tag |
| Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Eb | 80 | 4 bar intro, 1/2 piano chorus, rit at end |
| Stardust | Db | 80 | Rubatto verse, 1/2 piano chorus, rit at end |
| Title | Key | Tempo | Comments |
| Desafinado | F | 160 | 8 bar intro, 1/2 piano chorus, tag every chorus |
| The Girl From Ipanema | F | 140 | 4 bar intro, triple ending |
| Triste | Bb | 125 | 4 bar intro, quad ending |
| Wave | D | 130 | 4 bar intro, 1/2 piano chorus, triple ending |