Lady Bird

Tadd Dameron (Fats Navarro) · 1948

Context

Sixteen-bar theme by Tadd Dameron, the origin of the "Tadd Dameron turnaround" and one of the most played in modern jazz. It was recorded in 1948 for Blue Note with Fats Navarro, Wardell Gray and Allen Eager, and reissued on The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 2.

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.

Sources

• EN: The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 2
• EN: Lady Bird (composition)

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