BLUE AND BROKEN HEARTED - Free Jazz Leadsheet

"blue and broken hearted" (sometimes listed as "Blue (And Broken Hearted)") was written in 1922 by Lou Handman, Grant Clarke, and Edgar Leslie. The first known recording was made by Yerkes’ S. S. Flotilla in New York later that year, capturing the popular-song style of the early jazz era.

The song has been interpreted in both vocal and instrumental settings in the big-band and jazz traditions.

The lyrics centre on heartbreak and emotional sadness, conveyed through a simple yet expressive melodic line. Structurally, the song employs a standard popular-song form with accessible chord changes and a flowing melody that allows for harmonic enrichments and expressive phrasing in performance.