Chords & Changes

Billie's Bounce

Billie's Bounce — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Billie's Bounce was composed by Charlie Parker. It dates from 1945. It is in F major, 12 bars long, and in A (12) form.

Key facts

Composer	Charlie Parker
Lyricist	Not listed
Year	1945
Source show / film	Not listed
Form	A (12)
Bars	12
Key	F major

Fact sources: title — wikidata; composers — wikidata; year — wikidata; key — wikidata; wikipedia — wikidata; musicbrainz — wikidata; recordings — musicbrainz; changes — wjazzd; bars — wjazzd; form — wjazzd; performances — wjazzd.

Reference links: Wikidata Q862860 · MusicBrainz work · Wikipedia.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

F major Key

Section A1

Bb7

Am7D7

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

Listen

Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

Gary Bartz & Sonny Fortune — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1994
Charlie Parker — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2000
Chet Baker Quartet — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2001
Nicola Mingo — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2001
Francesco Cafiso — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2001
Unit Seven — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2006

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

Charlie Parker (alto sax) — Boss Bird Disc 1
Bebop · 158 bpm · swing feel

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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