7 Endings to Play On Jazz Standards

When playing jazz standards it's important to have a number of stock endings that you already know, that you've already planned out, so you have some options when you're trying to end a jazz standard and so you can avoid the awkward not-really-knowing-how-to-end-the-song situation.
So, in today's video, I'm going over 7 different endings for jazz standards.
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[@JoelCarli]

Always end a jazz standard with the Coltrane changes for no reason

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Haha!

[@kaiserkled4425]

The way how Paul Desmond ends his Solo over Autumn Leaves (with Chet Baker) goin down the Scale is super nice!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Yeah!

[@Gabrielm624]

Down the major scale of the tonic from the seventh then up the triad arpeggio of the tonic ending on the root

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Nice suggestion Gabriel!

[@alessandrovaccari782]

in the Basie ending I think the 2° chord (IV) is generally more IV6 than IV7. You always hear the 6th ascending to 3d of I.

[@dsargeant]

Take the last 4 bars of a tune. Choose a tune where the melody rests in the last 2 bars. Repeat the last 4 bars as many times as you like - and play the melody, then improvise in the last 2 bars. Alternating between the original melody and your own materials. You can also trade the improvised part between members of the group. ||: Melody | Melody | Improv | Improv :||

[@trishmairet4061]

Improvized vamp?

[@AlanHearnshaw]

Some of my favourites that weren’t in this video: b7th13 to 7th13 to 1(13th). In C: Bb13-B13-C13. These usually played in fast succession right at the last bar. b6th to b7th to 1. In C: Ab-Bb-C. Especially if the melody is a held tonic, B3rd13 to 2nd7 to b7thMaj7 to 1. In C: Eb13-D7-DbMaj7-1. Finally, the “everything chord”. A pianist would play the 1 7th in the left hand (root position), and the 2 7th in the right. In C: C7 in the left hand-D7 in the right.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Alan H thanks for contributing!

[@robinbalean958]

This video is great. It made me realize that I don't put in nearly enough time thinking about how to end a tune. My band often does some sort of ritardando ending, a 3 times ending, a vamp ending, or some sort of abrupt ending on a chord with a bit of tension.

[@stevepethel6843]

Beautiful guitar work my friend...God continue to bless your. Hard work and Giving...

[@salvadorgarcia8661]

Muy didácticos y bonitos estos finales. Los voy a practicar con mucho interés. Muchas gracias maestro.

[@sonerersen]

You can vamp and fade if the song is suitable. For example 1 in C: | Cmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |, example 2: | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |. Also I use the b5 chromatic descending ending with slightly different extensions. In C: | F#m7b5 | Fm11 | Csus2/E | Ebm13 | Dm11 | Dbmaj7#11 | Cmaj7#11 |

[@hannahheeeh]

This is super helpful!! thank you for all you do

[@dolan_7647]

God, that guitar sounds delicious! Thanks for the tips, they are gonna add some flavour on my playing

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you like it!

[@MichelleEAntoine]

Wow the last ending is very nice! One that i've been using recently is a circle of fiths of maj7 chords, starting from IVmaj7 until bIImjaj7 and resolves in Imaj7.

[@henryburner]

Thanks! Great ideas. I play the sax and like to end on the 7th of the final major7 chord.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

henryburner nice! Definitely a good note choice to end on!

[@alanhowell3646]

Great stuff

[@davidsummerville351]

Good info. Thanks 😎🤓

[@stevepethel6843]

God continued blessings ...great gifts you shared.

[@pocketofmarbles]

So helpful, thank you!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

pocketofmarbles glad to help!

[@radiofloydguitar8385]

Thank you so much, this was very helpful, short, and clear.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alessandrovaccari782]

another classic is the soloist's stop for 1 bar and a half with bluesy descending scale approach. Pay attention, grab it!

[@rosariosp]

So useful! Thanx!!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chavi1964]

Me gusta repetir tres veces la última frase, antes que aparezca el acorde final estirando un tiempo de silencio mayor a lo habitual. ése silencio crea una tensión suave pero firme. Calderon I like to repeat the last phrase 3 times, before the final chord appears, stretching a time of silence longer than usual. that silence creates a soft but firm tension.

[@jaehunkang]

I believe the very first chord of the Count Basie ending is F6 (or Dm7)! Just one note difference though 😂 Thanks for the video this is gold!

[@binface9]

It's okay because the second chord he uses is a G7b9 which is at a push is a Fdim7, but never a F#dim7

[@jakespatz4474]

Isn’t the last one a cadence from “Night and Day”? (Or very close)

[@adcurry4470]

but how can i comunicate it while playing

[@khamaji09]

What guitar is that?

[@surjomazhar8429]

what are the chords at 5:02 when he stays on the c chord?

[@ccarington]

Tag the ending 3x (4-8 bars) Run down the major scale Pause & Tremolo Take the bridge if it has a "stab" ending Fade out on the 1

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Christophe C. Good ideas!

[@jacquelinedong7720]

cool～

[@defense9989]

I know this is barely a "jazz ending", but since it took me ages to find the name of that one specific hoax ending and this is one of the places I tried to search: look up "Shave and a Haircut": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_and_a_Haircut

[@billjohnson9379]

Vamp and Fade

[@charliegurke]

nope

[@Learnjazzstandards]

I can dig it, it’s possible to fade at the end in context

[@DSteinman]

The Minor Swing ending is all over Django Reinhardt/gypsy jazz music

[@andriitsukanov5177]

how can i buy a book not on amazon? , thanks

[@Learnjazzstandards]

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[@Gabrielm624]

Dominant pedal

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Gabriel Maric also a good way to intro a song!