Jazz songs at 88 BPM

Tempo Tunes has 1,017 jazz songs with a verified tempo of 88 BPM: swinging, improvising jazz. Here are some of the best known.

88 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 88 BPM jazz songs

  • The Family by Nina Simone cover art

    The Family

    Nina Simone (1978)

  • Pretty Little Missy by Louis Armstrong cover art

    Pretty Little Missy

    Louis Armstrong (1966)

  • Black Coffee by Ella Fitzgerald cover art

    Black Coffee

    Ella Fitzgerald (1960)

  • Nne, Part 2 by Miles Davis cover art

    Nne, Part 2

    Miles Davis (1997)

  • I Can’t Give You Anything but Love by Diana Krall cover art

    I Can’t Give You Anything but Love

    Diana Krall (1999)

  • Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin' by Billie Holiday cover art

    Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin'

    Billie Holiday (2003)

  • Kisses in the Moonlight by George Benson cover art

    Kisses in the Moonlight

    George Benson (2003)

  • Spiritual by John Coltrane cover art

    Spiritual

    John Coltrane (1977)

  • Night Bird

    Chet Baker (1996)

  • River by Herbie Hancock cover art

    River

    Herbie Hancock (2007)

  • Be Good by Gregory Porter cover art

    Be Good

    Gregory Porter (2011)

  • Makin' Whoopee by Tony Bennett cover art

    Makin' Whoopee

    Tony Bennett (2003)

  • Children’s Songs: No. 10 by Chick Corea cover art

    Children’s Songs: No. 10

    Chick Corea (1984)

  • The Trolley Song by Sarah Vaughan cover art

    The Trolley Song

    Sarah Vaughan (1994)

  • Maeva in Wonderland by Ibrahim Maalouf cover art

    Maeva in Wonderland

    Ibrahim Maalouf (2011)

  • Villes Ville Is the Place, Man by Duke Ellington cover art

    Villes Ville Is the Place, Man

    Duke Ellington (1959)

  • Au coin du monde by Stacey Kent cover art

    Au coin du monde

    Stacey Kent (2010)

  • Tin Tin Por Tin Tin by João Gilberto cover art

    Tin Tin Por Tin Tin

    João Gilberto

  • My Funny Valentine by Bill Evans cover art

    My Funny Valentine

    Bill Evans (1988)

  • Bird Gets the Worm by Charlie Parker cover art

    Bird Gets the Worm

    Charlie Parker (1955)

  • Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk cover art

    Bemsha Swing

    Thelonious Monk

  • You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Loves You by Dinah Washington cover art

    You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Loves You

    Dinah Washington (1962)

  • Too Close for Comfort by Jamie Cullum cover art

    Too Close for Comfort

    Jamie Cullum (2002)

  • Phase Dance by Pat Metheny Group cover art

    Phase Dance

    Pat Metheny Group (1977)

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