Bye Bye Blackbird

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Basic Info

ComposerRay Henderson
LyricistMort Dixon
FormA-B-C-A'
StyleMedium Swing

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  • The first 4 bars in C section are sometimes series of tritone sub which resolve to IIm7.
  • IIIm7(b5) in C section and A' section is Vm7 originally from jazzstandards.com

Description

  • Originally performed as a slow blues number. from ROBOKOPP
  • Used the phrase “Bye Bye Blackbirds.”. from ROBOKOPP

Movie

  • The first record by Gene Austin in 1926. from YouTube

Sample Record

AlbumPersonnelNote
'Round About Midnight (1957)
iTunes
Miles Davis(tp), John Coltrane(ts), Red Garland(pf), Paul Chambers(b), Philly Joe Jones(dr)One of the most famous recording
At Newport 1958 (1958)
iTunes
Miles Davis(tp), Julian "Cannonball" Adderley(as), John Coltrane(ts), Bill Evans(pf), Paul Chambers(b), Jimmy Cobb(dr)One of the most famous recording
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959)
iTunes
Ben Webster(ts), Oscar Peterson(pf), Ray Brown(b), Ed Thigpen(dr)Great bass intro.
In Person At The Blackhawk (1961)
iTunes
Miles Davis(tp), Hank Mobley(ts), Wynton Kelly(pf), Paul Chambers(b), Jimmy Cobb(dr)Great piano intro.
Super Bass Live Edition (1997)
iTunes
Ray Brown, Christian McBride(b)Bass duet.
Moody 4A (2008)
James Moody(ts), Kenny Barron(pf), Todd Coolman(b), Lewis Nash(dr)In 3/4.