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Jazz standard attributed to Miles Davis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Dig" is a bebop jazz standard attributed to Miles Davis by Prestige Records without Davis' knowledge.[citation needed] It was recorded on October 5, 1951 and first released on his album The New Sounds.
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Its chord sequence is almost identical to that of "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard, making it a contrafact. Davis' second recording of the tune on May 9 the following year, this time for Blue Note, was called "Donna" and credited to Jackie McLean, the original composer, who played alto saxophone on both sessions (Young Man with a Horn and Miles Davis Volume 1).[1]
"Dig" has also been played by numerous other artists such as Sonny Rollins, Woody Herman, Donald Byrd, Archie Shepp, Joey DeFrancesco, and Fred Firth.
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