Jazz songs at 96 BPM

Tempo Tunes has 947 jazz songs with a verified tempo of 96 BPM: swinging, improvising jazz. Here are some of the best known.

96 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 96 BPM jazz songs

  • Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues by Nina Simone cover art

    Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

    Nina Simone (1998)

  • Everybody Love My Baby

    Louis Armstrong (2008)

  • Then You’ve Never Been Blue by Ella Fitzgerald cover art

    Then You’ve Never Been Blue

    Ella Fitzgerald (1960)

  • Drad‐Dog by Miles Davis cover art

    Drad‐Dog

    Miles Davis (2000)

  • ’Deed I Do by Diana Krall cover art

    ’Deed I Do

    Diana Krall (2002)

  • Guilty

    Billie Holiday (1991)

  • Chattanooga Choo Choo by George Benson cover art

    Chattanooga Choo Choo

    George Benson (1968)

  • Candela by Buena Vista Social Club cover art

    Candela

    Buena Vista Social Club (1997)

  • A Love Supreme, Pt. 4: Psalm by John Coltrane cover art

    A Love Supreme, Pt. 4: Psalm

    John Coltrane

  • When I Fall in Love by Chet Baker cover art

    When I Fall in Love

    Chet Baker (2005)

  • Hush, Hush, Hush by Herbie Hancock cover art

    Hush, Hush, Hush

    Herbie Hancock (2005)

  • Faith In Love by Gregory Porter cover art

    Faith In Love

    Gregory Porter (2020)

  • Some Other Time by Tony Bennett cover art

    Some Other Time

    Tony Bennett (1975)

  • My Man's Gone Now by Sarah Vaughan cover art

    My Man's Gone Now

    Sarah Vaughan (1957)

  • Sylvia by Duke Ellington cover art

    Sylvia

    Duke Ellington (1961)

  • Some Other Time by Bill Evans cover art

    Some Other Time

    Bill Evans (1991)

  • My Old Flame by Charlie Parker cover art

    My Old Flame

    Charlie Parker (1999)

  • Blue Sphere by Thelonious Monk cover art

    Blue Sphere

    Thelonious Monk (1971)

  • I’m a Fool to Want You by Dinah Washington cover art

    I’m a Fool to Want You

    Dinah Washington (1961)

  • What a Difference a Day Made by Jamie Cullum cover art

    What a Difference a Day Made

    Jamie Cullum (2003)

  • Adagia by Pat Metheny cover art

    Adagia

    Pat Metheny (2016)

  • I’m Glad There Is You by Peggy Lee cover art

    I’m Glad There Is You

    Peggy Lee (1994)

  • Broadway Bossa Nova by Dave Brubeck cover art

    Broadway Bossa Nova

    Dave Brubeck

  • Mingus Fingers by Charles Mingus cover art

    Mingus Fingers

    Charles Mingus

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