How About You?: Lead Sheet

This lead sheet gives your students access to a standard they'll encounter in jazz ensembles, combo rehearsals, and sit-ins for years to come. The Just Standards editorial team verified the changes against original sources, so you're working from reliable voicings rather than accumulated errors. The chord substitution options built into the arrangement let students compare the original harmonic intent against the more contemporary jazz reharmonizations they hear on current recordings.

Bright and conversational, with a melody that dances across the changes rather than fighting them. The harmonic movement feels inevitable once you know the tune, and the available substitutions open the door to contemporary jazz flavors without abandoning the song's essential character.

Jazz musicians building a standard repertoire, compers learning to voice changes accurately, and improvisers who want to study how melody and harmony interact in well-crafted songs. This lead sheet works for upper-level high school jazz ensembles, college jazz combos, and private students preparing for jam sessions and professional contexts.

• Study both the original chord changes and the suggested substitutions before performing; decide whether you want to navigate the composer's harmonic structure or explore the jazz reharmonization, and commit to that choice.
• Anchor your comping or soloing to the melody's contour rather than fighting against it; Lane wrote this song to sit well over its changes, so trusting that relationship makes improvisation easier.
• Use the discography section to listen to how different musicians have interpreted the tune; note whether they favor the original voicings or lean into the jazz alternatives.

Slot this into a jazz combo setlist or use it as a featured tune during a jazz standards unit in ensemble rehearsal. Pair it with recordings from your discography section so students can hear how different eras of musicians have approached the tune, then encourage them to build their own interpretation from the voicing options provided.

• Reading lead sheets and understanding chord symbols
• Distinguishing between original and contemporary jazz voicings
• Improvising melodies that respect harmonic structure
• Comping changes accurately over a standard form
• Listening for and analyzing harmonic substitutions in recorded versions