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The third known recording of "Yardbird Suite" was a session at the home of Chuck Copely in
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61:"Ebony Rhapsody"). The composition uses an 32-bar AABA form. The "graceful, hip melody, became something of an anthem for beboppers."
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wrote in the liner notes to the re-release of his album
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played the tune quiet fast and ends his version citing
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170:In 1947, a year after the original recording,
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146:Lullaby in Rhythm Featuring Charlie Parker
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198:played and recorded the song as well as
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174:had already written an arrangement for
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202:with a big band arrangement by
65:Three Charlie Parker recordings
18:Yardbird Suite (disambiguation)
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491:Dial Records numerical listing
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1156:Jazz compositions in C major
711:The Genius of Charlie Parker
503:Charlie Parker session index
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113:on electric guitar, bassist
105:on tenor saxophone, pianist
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267:– Birds of Paradise (1977)
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140:nevertheless released on
735:The Cole Porter Songbook
719:The Charlie Parker Story
377:List of jazz contrafacts
1074:Charlie Parker Omnibook
1025:Scrapple from the Apple
826:Live at Rockland Palace
818:The Washington Concerts
144:, initially in 1972 on
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794:One Night in Birdland
555:review by Scott Yanow
493:on 78discography.com.
337:The Man from Muskogee
31:standard composed by
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1136:Bebop jazz standards
922:"Bird Gets the Worm"
166:Recordings by others
762:Jazz at Massey Hall
671:South of the Border
586:Gioia, Ted (2012).
224:At Music Inn, Vol 2
219:Modern Jazz Quartet
160:Grammy Hall of Fame
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307:Come Along with Me
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648:Discography
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229:Junior Cook
196:Gene Ammons
99:Miles Davis
71:Bob Dorough
36:saxophonist
1125:Categories
898:Au Privave
884:Ah-Leu-Cha
439:2008-02-13
409:2008-02-13
383:References
357:Lee Konitz
317:Bird Songs
313:Joe Lovano
253:avantgarde
237:Joe Lovano
235:, whereas
200:Gene Krupa
188:Bud Powell
180:Lee Konitz
129:(D 1003).
119:Roy Porter
976:Donna Lee
969:Dexterity
927:Bloomdido
241:free jazz
227:, 1958).
206:in 1958.
192:Max Roach
172:Gil Evans
162:in 2014.
87:Hollywood
1109:Category
910:Barbados
837:Box sets
679:Big Band
559:AllMusic
530:. P. 99?
364:See also
327:Fly Dude
276:Azure-Té
215:hard bop
142:Spotlite
93:for his
1049:Related
184:Al Haig
27:" is a
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134:10" EP
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1081:Bird
592:ISBN
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