Just Friends
(by John Klenner)

Just Friends PDF (Chord Melody and Lead Sheet)

Just Friends was composed in 1931 by John Klenner (Lyrics by Sam Lewis).

This tune has a great melody and is a very nice vehicle for improvisation at medium to up tempos (swing or latin). I personally play it on most of my gigs these days.

It has been written and recorded as a ballad at first (noticeably by Charlie Parker ) and some jazz artists later "picked up the tempo", so to speak, and really "burned" on that song.

Suggested listening:

Charlie Parker , of course. It's the classic recording of the piece.

I also like Chet Baker's sung version as well as Cannonball's up-tempo take on that tune.

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