Jazz songs at 97 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 794 jazz songs with a verified tempo of 97 BPM: swinging, improvising jazz. Here are some of the best known.
97 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 97 BPM jazz songs

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Nina Simone (1969)

Big Butter and Egg Man
Louis Armstrong (1994)

Easy Living
Ella Fitzgerald (1986)

Feio
Miles Davis (1970)

The Best Thing for You
Diana Krall (1999)

'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
Billie Holiday (1956)

You’re Still My Baby
George Benson (1988)

Quiet Fire
Melody Gardot (2007)

Village Blues
John Coltrane (1960)

Russ Job
Chet Baker (1953)

Part XV
Keith Jarrett (2011)

I Get a Kick Out of You
Tony Bennett (1996)

September Song
Sarah Vaughan (1955)

Such Sweet Thunder
Duke Ellington (1957)

The Very Thought of You
Stacey Kent

Lobo Lobo
João Gilberto (1973)

All of You
Bill Evans (1981)

No Noise, Parts 1 & 2
Charlie Parker (2002)

Willow Weep for Me
Dinah Washington (1956)

You
Pat Metheny Group (2002)

River Quay
Pat Metheny (1977)

It's All Over Now
Peggy Lee (1990)

Instead
Madeleine Peyroux (2009)

I Don’t Know Why
Louis Prima (1959)
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