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Chords & Changes

Bye Bye Blackbird

Bye Bye Blackbird — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Bye Bye Blackbird was composed by Ray Henderson. The lyrics are credited to Mort Dixon. It dates from 1926. It is in G major, 32 bars long, and in AB (16-16) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

G major

Section A1

Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Bbdim7
Am7
D7
Am7
D7
Am7
D7
Am7
D7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7

Section B1

G7
G7
Bm7b5
E7
Am7
Am7
Cm7F7
Am7D7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Bm7b5
E7
Am7
D7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7

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.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • Count Basie & Maynard Ferguson — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1965
  • Mike Tinsley & The Embassy Sisters — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1994
  • David Lobban — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1997
  • Humair, Urtreger, Michelot — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1999
  • Sara Gazarek — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2005
  • Miles Davis Quintet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2008

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Ben Webster (tenor sax) — Ben Webster "The Frog" with: Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, guest: Harry Edison,1956-1962
    Swing · 141 bpm · swing feel
    1993

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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