What is contrafact musical composition

Acontrafactis amusical compositionbuilt using thechord progressionof a pre-existing one but introducing a new melody. Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition. This article is a list of notable contrafacts byjazzartists.ContrafactContrafact ComposerOriginal Tune[collapse]Original Composer

26-2John ColtraneConfirmationCharlie Parker

AblutionLennie TristanoAll the Things You AreJerome Kern

All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your MotherCharles MingusAll the Things You AreJerome Kern

An Oscar for TreadwellCharlie ParkerI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

AnthropologyCharlie ParkerI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Apache DanceGeorge ColemanCherokeeRay Noble

Apple JumpDexter GordonI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Background MusicWarne MarshAll of MeGerald Marks,Seymour Simons

Back Home in Brooklyn with DonnaArun LuthraBack Home Again in IndianaBallard MacDonald,James F. Hanley

Barry's BopFats NavarroWhat Is This Thing Called Love?Cole Porter

Bean and the BoysColeman HawkinsLover Come Back to MeSigmund Romberg

Bebop RompFats NavarroFine and DandyKay Swift

Because of GunsVijay IyerHey JoeBilly Roberts

Bird Gets the WormCharlie ParkerLover Come Back to MeSigmund Romberg

Bird of ParadiseCharlie ParkerAll the Things You AreJerome Kern

Blue SergeSerge ChaloffCherokeeRay Noble

Blue SilverBlue MitchellPeaceHorace Silver

Blue's ThemeBlue MitchellI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Boston BernieDexter GordonAll the Things You AreJerome Kern

Bright MississippiThelonious MonkSweet Georgia BrownBen Bernie

Bud's BubbleBud PowellI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Byas a DrinkDon ByasStompin' at the SavoyEdgar Sampson

CelebrityCharlie ParkerI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

CeliaBud PowellI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Chasin' the BirdCharlie ParkerI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Chick's TuneChick CoreaYou Stepped Out of a DreamNacio Herb Brown

ChippieOrnette ColemanI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

ChronologyOrnette ColemanI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

SereneEric DolphyTenderlyWalter Gross,Jack Lawrence

Come FogDon GrolnickCome Rain or Come ShineJohnny Mercer,Harold Arlen

ConstellationCharlie ParkerI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Cotton TailDuke EllingtonI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

CountdownJohn ColtraneTune UpMiles Davis

CrazeologyBenny HarrisI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

C.T.A.Jimmy HeathI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Dear JohnFreddie HubbardGiant StepsJohn Coltrane

Dewey SquareCharlie ParkerOh, Lady Be Good!George Gershwin,Ira Gershwin

DenialMiles DavisConfirmationCharlie Parker

DexterityCharlie ParkerI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

DigMiles DavisSweet Georgia BrownBen Bernie,Maceo Pinkard

Diggin' DizDizzy GillespieLoverRichard Rodgers,Lorenz Hart

Dizzie AtmosphereDizzy GillespieI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Do You Hear the Voices You Left Behind?John McLaughlinGiant StepsJohn Coltrane

Donna LeeCharlie ParkerandMiles DavisBack Home Again in IndianaBallard MacDonald,James F. Hanley

Don't Be That WayBenny Goodman,Edgar Sampson,Mitchell ParishI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

DoujieWes MontgomeryConfirmationCharlie Parker

DoxySonny RollinsJa-DaBob Carleton

Dream StepperLee KonitzYou Stepped Out of a DreamNacio Herb Brown

The Eternal TriangleSonny StittDizzy AtmosphereDizzy Gillespie

EvidenceThelonious MonkJust You, Just MeJesse Greer

Feather BedTed BrownYou'd Be So Nice To Come Home ToCole Porter

Flintstones ThemeBryson, GoldbergI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Fried BananasDexter GordonIt Could Happen to YouJimmy Van Heusen,Johnny Burke

Fifth HouseJohn ColtraneHot HouseTadd Dameron

Four BrothersJimmy GiuffreJeepers CreepersHarry Warren

52nd Street ThemeThelonious MonkI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Frantic FanciesBud Powell'S WonderfulGeorge Gershwin,Ira Gershwin

Freight TrainTommy FlanaganBlues for AliceCharlie Parker

Fungi MamaBlue MitchellI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

FuturityGigi GryceThere Will Never Be Another YouHarry Warren

Garage BandArun LuthraHow About You?Burton Lane,Ralph Freed

Get ItBud PowellLove Me or Leave MeWalter Donaldson

Green St. CaperWoody ShawGreen Dolphin StreetBronislau Kaper

Good BaitTadd Dameron,Count BasieI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Groovin' HighDizzy GillespieWhisperingVincent Rose

HackensackThelonious MonkOh, Lady Be GoodGeorge Gershwin

Half NelsonMiles DavisLady BirdTadd Dameron

Hot HouseTadd DameronWhat Is This Thing Called Love?Cole Porter

I Hate YouTete MontoliuI Love YouCole Porter

ImpressionsJohn ColtraneSo WhatMiles Davis

In a Mellow ToneDuke EllingtonRose RoomArt Hickman,Harry Williams

In Walked BudThelonious MonkBlue SkiesIrving Berlin

Infra RaeHank MobleySoftly, as in a Morning SunriseSigmund Romberg

The InjunsDonald ByrdCherokeeRay Noble

IntoitStan GetzA Night In TunisiaDizzy Gillespie

Jack SpratSonny StittBlues for AliceCharlie Parker

JahberoTadd DameronAll the Things You AreJerome Kern

Juicy LucyHorace SilverConfirmationCharlie Parker

Keen and PeechyWoody HermanFine and DandyKay Swift

Ko KoCharlie ParkerCherokeeRay Noble

Lee's DreamFred HerschYou Stepped Out of a DreamNacio Herb Brown

Little Willie LeapsMiles DavisAll God's Chillun Got RhythmBronislaw Kaper,Walter Jurmann,Gus Kahn

Lullaby of BirdlandGeorge ShearingLove Me or Leave MeWalter Donaldson

The Man from Hyde ParkHarold MabernThe Song is YouJerome Kern

MarshmallowWarne MarshCherokeeRay Noble

MayrehHorace SilverAll God's Chillun Got RhythmBronislaw Kaper,Walter Jurmann,Gus Kahn

Meiji StuntJim McNeelyJust in TimeJule Styne

Mirror LakeIdrees SuliemanWaveAntonio Carlos Jobim

Moose the MoocheCharlie ParkerI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

My Little Suede ShoesCharlie ParkerJeepers CreepersJohnny Mercer

NostalgiaFats NavarroOut of NowhereJohnny Green

Not You AgainJohn ScofieldThere Will Never Be Another YouHarry Warren

Off the CuffJim McNeelyIt's You or No OneJule Styne

OleoSonny RollinsI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

On a Misty NightTadd DameronSeptember in the RainHarry Warren

OrnithologyCharlie Parker,Benny HarrisHow High The MoonMorgan Lewis

Parker 51Jimmy RaneyCherokeeRay Noble

Prince AlbertKenny DorhamAll the Things You AreJerome Kern

The ProtagonistJack CooperLoverRichard Rodgers

QuasimodoCharlie ParkerEmbraceable YouGeorge Gershwin,Ira Gershwin

QuicksilverHorace SilverLover Come Back to MeSigmund Romberg

RaebaJimmy HalperinI Didn't Know What Time It WasRichard Rodgers

Re-ReBob MintzerBack Home Again in IndianaBallard MacDonald,James F. Hanley

Rhythm-a-NingThelonious MonkI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Room 608Horace SilverI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Salt PeanutsDizzy GillespieI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Salute to Birdland AKA Salute to the BandboxGigi GryceI'll Remember AprilGene de Paul

Split KickHorace SilverThere Will Never Be Another YouHarry Warren

SusponeMike SternI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Sub-Atomic DominantJimmy HalperinSweet Georgia BrownBen Bernie,Maceo Pinkard

Subconscious LeeLee KonitzWhat Is This Thing Called Love?Cole Porter

StupendousMel Broiles'S WonderfulGeorge Gershwin,Ira Gershwin

Sweet CliffordClifford BrownSweet Georgia BrownBen Bernie

Sweet ThingRory StuartIn Your Own Sweet WayDave Brubeck

TangibilityArun LuthraI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

The ThemeMiles DavisI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Third EventArun LuthraGiant StepsJohn Coltrane

317 East 32nd StreetLennie TristanoOut of NowhereJohnny Green

Thriving from a RiffCharlie ParkerI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Tour de ForceDizzy GillespieJeepers CreepersHarry Warren

TwelvePeter ErskineEasy to LoveCole Porter

Two in LoveJack CooperI Love YouCole Porter

VodkaMal WaldronYesterdaysJerome Kern

WailBud PowellI Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin

Walk, Don't RunJohnny SmithSoftly, as in a Morning SunriseSigmund Romberg,Oscar Hammerstein II

Waltz NewJim HallSome Day My Prince Will ComeFrank Churchill

Warmin Up a RiffCharlie ParkerCherokeeRay Noble

WeejaElmo HopeConfirmationCharlie Parker

Wham Bam Thank You Ma'amCharles MingusWhat Is This Thing Called Love?Cole Porter

What Love?Charles MingusWhat Is This Thing Called Love?Cole Porter

Yardbird SuiteCharlie ParkerRosettaEarl Hines

Zog's JogJames MorrisonCherokeeRay Noble

Coupe de VilleMike SternThere Is No Greater LoveIsham Jones,Marty Symes

One LinersMike SternSoftly, as in a Morning SunriseSigmund Romberg

PsalmJimmy HalperinDarn That DreamJimmy Van Heusen