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"Yardbird Suite" is a bebop standard composed by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker in 1946. The title derives from Parker's nickname "Bird", respectively "Yardbird". Far from being a suite, the song follows an AABA form. The "graceful, hip melody, became something of an anthem for beboppers."〔Jack Chambers: ''Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis''. Da Capo Press. Boston, 1998. ISBN 978-0-306-80849-4. Pt. I, p. 48〕 == The three Charlie Parker recordings == Although, like Bob Dorough wrote, fans used to follow Parker everywhere he played and often taped his performances,〔Bob Dorough in the liner notes to the re-release of his album ''Yardbird Suite''. Bethlehem Records, BCP-6023, 1976.〕 there are only three known recordings of Parker himself playing the tune. The first two were recorded with a septet at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on March 28, 1946. The session was supervised and produced by Ross Russell for his Dial Records label. Besides Parker on alto saxophone played (then 20 year old) Miles Davis on trumpet, Lucky Thompson on tenor saxophone, pianist Dodo Marmarosa, Arvin Garrison on rhythm guitar, bassist Vic McMillan, and Roy Porter on drums. The last take of the tune of originally four became the master (takes two and three are lost), released as 78 shellac single (D 1003).〔(Dial Records numerical listing ) on 78discography.com.〕〔(Charlie Parker session index ) on Jazzdisco.org〕 Never been copyrighted〔Cf. Brian Priestley: ''Jazz on Record: A History''. Elm Tree Books. London, 1988. ISBN 978-0241124406. P. 99?〕 the track was frequently reissued on single, 10" EP and since the mid-1950s on LP on various labels, in most part together with Parker's other Dial recordings, and often on albums assigned to Miles Davis. The third known recording of "Yardbird Suite" was a session at the home of Chuck Copely in Hollywood, on February 1, 1947. The track itself is incomplete and, like the two versions of "Lullaby in Rhythm" recorded that day, of poor quality, but nevertheless released on Spotlite, initially in 1972 on ''Lullaby in Rhythm Featuring Charlie Parker''.〔(Hollywood, February 1, 1947 session ) as listed on Jazzdisco.org〕 The Charlie Parker Septet's 1946 master recording of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yardbird Suite」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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