LOVE IS HERE TO STAY - Free Jazz Leadsheet

“Love Is Here to Stay” was composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1938. It was the final complete composition by George Gershwin before his death. The song was introduced in The Goldwyn Follies and gained further recognition through its inclusion in the film An American in Paris.

It has since become a central jazz standard, interpreted by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and many others. With lyrics expressing enduring affection and a graceful 32-bar AABA form, the tune invites both lyrical vocal performance and inventive instrumental improvisation.