Billie's Bounce
1945 composition by Charlie Parker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the composition by Charlie Parker. For the album by Dexter Gordon, see Billie's Bounce (album).
"Billie's Bounce" (also known as "Bill's Bounce") is a jazz composition written in 1945 by Charlie Parker in the form of a 12 bar F blues. Some sources claim that the song was dedicated to Dizzy Gillespie's agent, Billy Shaw, although according to Ross Russell, Shaw's "name was misspelled"[1] accidentally. However, others claim that the song was in fact dedicated to Shaw's secretary, who was called Billie.[2] The original recording by Charlie Parker and His Re-Boppers was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002.[3]
Quick Facts Composition by Charlie Parker, Released ...
"Billie's Bounce" | |
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Composition by Charlie Parker | |
Released | 1945 |
Recorded | November 1945 |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | Savoy |
Composer(s) | Charlie Parker |
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Originally an instrumental, lyrics were added later by Jon Hendricks and by Eddie Jefferson.[4]