A Jazz waltz is a composition played by jazz musicians in a syncopated 3/4, 6/4, or 6/8 time signature. Frequently a feeling of swing is created in the accompaniment by anticipating the second beat or third beat by a quaver (eighth note).

Notable jazz waltzes

The following were either composed as jazz waltzes, or are frequently played as such.

• "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones)
• "Afro Blues" (Mongo Santamaria)
• "Alice In Wonderland" (Sammy Fain)
• "All Blues" (Miles Davis)
• "Baubles, Beads, and Bangles" (Robert Wright)
• "Blue Daniel" (Frank Rosalino)
• "Bluesette" (Toots Thielemans)
• "Elsa" (Earl Zinders)
• "Emily" (Bill Evans)
• "Footprints" (Wayne Shorter) (debatable whether an actual waltz)
• "The Inch Worm" (Frank Loesser)
• "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller)
• "Ju Ju" (Wayne Shorter)
• "Little B's Poem" (Bobby Hutcherson)
• "Little Niles" (Randy Weston)
• "Long, Long, Long" (The Beatles)
• "My Favorite Things" (associated with John Coltrane)
• "Simone" (Frank Foster)
• "Skating In Central Park" (John Lewis)
• "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (associated with Miles Davis)
• "Summer In Central Park" (Horace Silver)
• "Sweet Lady" (Monty Alexander)
• "Tenderly" (Walter Gross)
• "Three Views Of A Secret" (Jaco Pastorius)
• "Up Jumped Spring" (Freddie Hubbard)
• "Waltz For Debby" (Bill Evans)
• "Wives And Lovers" (Burt Bacharach)
• "Valse Hot" (Sonnny Rollins)
• "Very Early" (Bill Evans)
• "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery)
• "Wild Flower" (Wayne Shorter)
• "Windows" (Chick Corea)