Donna Lee
Context
Theme credited to Charlie Parker on the original 78 rpm records, recorded on May 8, 1947 for Savoy in New York, but whose authorship is debated: Miles Davis claimed to have written it, and Gil Evans named drummer Tiny Kahn. Built on the changes of "Indiana," it opens on an eighth rest and strings together groups of four notes at a fast tempo.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.