Jazz songs at 85 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 1,066 jazz songs with a verified tempo of 85 BPM: swinging, improvising jazz. Here are some of the best known.
85 BPM is the head-nod zone: boom bap, R&B grooves, and mid-tempo rock. It works for warmups, brisk walks, and steady strength work.
Popular 85 BPM jazz songs
I Got It Bad
Nina Simone (1962)
So Long Dearie
Louis Armstrong (1966)
You’re My Thrill
Ella Fitzgerald (1961)
Milestones
Miles Davis Quintet (2013)
So What
Miles Davis (1959)
Isn’t This a Lovely Day
Diana Krall (2006)
Crazy He Calls Me
Billie Holiday (1949)
Jamaica
George Benson (1987)
El Carretero
Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Unititled Original
John Coltrane (1963)
There Will Never Be Another You
Chet Baker (1954)
Eyes of the Heart, Part 2
Keith Jarrett (1979)
Lullaby
Herbie Hancock (1998)
Steppin’ Out With My Baby
Tony Bennett (2006)
Children’s Songs: No. 3
Chick Corea (1984)
My Man’s Gone Now
Sarah Vaughan (1957)
Só Danço Samba
Duke Ellington (1997)
Sait-on jamais ?
Stacey Kent (2010)
O Samba da Minha Terra
João Gilberto (2021)
You Touch My Brain
Al Jarreau (2014)
Gloria’s Step
Bill Evans (1991)
Confirmation
Charlie Parker (1994)
Monk's Point
Thelonious Monk (1963)
Red Sails in the Sunset
Dinah Washington (1962)
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