Toy Tune is a Wayne Shorter jazz composition that appears as the third track on his 1965 album Et cetera. It was recorded on June 14, 1965, with Herbie Hancock on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums, though the album was not released until 1980. The tune is a driving medium swing in 4/4 built on a 28 bar AABA form, with a four bar B section, and it stands out on Et cetera for its tempo and swing. Harmonic ideas center on A major, with the melody largely within A major but featuring chromatic passing tones and occasional hints of Amaj7#5 as a tonic color. On the record, Shorter heads the tune, solos for four choruses, Hancock follows with three, and then the head returns. Since its original release, Toy Tune has been covered and studied by many players, with the earliest release credited to Wayne Shorter in 1980.
