Charlie Parker, Composer 2019042474, 2019042475, 9780190923389, 9780190923402, 9780190923419

Table of contents :
Introduction: Jazz Composition and Parker as Jazz Composer
The Jazz Composition
Improvisations Becoming Jazz Compositions
Authoritative Recordings
Creating a Chronological List of Parker Compositions
Categorizing Parker Compositions
Prior Studies and Analytical Approaches
1.Music Background and Compositional Overview
Early Experiences and Training in Music
Early Compositions
Roots of Bebop, Hines, Eckstine, and the Partnership with Gillespie
Mature Compositional Career
Unrecorded Compositions
2.32-Bar Rhythm Changes Compositions
5. Red Cross (1944)
7. Shaw ’Nuff (1945, co-composed with Dizzy Gillespie)
18. Moose the Mooche (1946)
10. Thriving from a Riff (1945)
26. Dexterity (1947)
55. Passport (1949)
3.Other 32-Bar AABA Compositions
1. Yardbird Suite (1940–1941)
16. Alesia (1945)
9. Confirmation (1945)
67. My Little Suede Shoes (1951)
80. Throckmorton the Plumber (1954)
84. Tail Feathers (1955?)
4. 32-Bar ABAC Compositions
17. Ornithology (1945, co-composed with Benny Harris)
22. Donna Lee (1947)
36. Quasimodo (1947)
51. Cardboard (1949)
5.Through-Composed Blues in C
21. Relaxin’ at Camarillo (1947)
24. Cheryl (1947)
27. Bongo Bop (1947)
38. Bongo Beep (1947)
47. Perhaps (1948)
52. Visa (1949)
54. Passport (1949)
72. Back Home Blues (1951)
75. Cosmic Rays (1952)
77. Dum Dum (1954)
82. Bongo Bird (1955?)
6.Through-Composed Blues in Other Keys
2. Wichita Blues (1940, co-composed with Jay McShann?)
29. The Hymn (1947)
31. Bird Feathers (1947)
35. Big Foot (1947)
57. Bloomdido (1950)
59. Mohawk (1950)
73. Laird Baird (1952)
12. Billie’s Bounce (1945)
43. Barbados (1948)
64. Au Privave (1951)
69. Blues for Alice (1951)
70. Si Si (1951)
78. Half-Pass-Fass (1954)
76. Chi Chi (1953)
79. Yashitaki-Mikimoko (1954)
83. Gerry Bird (1955?)
7.32-Bar Compositions with A Section or Partial A Section
19. Bird’s Nest (1947)
23. Chasin’ the Bird (1947)
44. Ah-Leu-Cha (1948)
28. Dewey Square (1947)
32. Klactoveesedstene (1947)
33. Scrapple from the Apple (1947)
48. Marmaduke (1948)
34. The Bird (1947)
37. Charlie’s Wig (1947)
45. Constellation (1948)
49. Steeplechase (1948)
53. Segment (1949)
58. An Oscar for Treadwell (1950)
63. Ballade (1950, co-composed with Coleman Hawkins)
71. Swedish Schnapps (1951)
74. Kim (1952)
81. Tukki-Wukki (1954)
8.Riff Blues
3. Hootie Blues (1940–1941, co-composed with Jay McShann)
4. The Jumpin’ Blues (1941–1942, co-composed with Jay McShann)
13. Now’s the Time (1945)
20. Cool Blues (1947)
25. Buzzy (1947)
39. Another Hair Do (1947)
40. Bluebird (1947)
56. Blues (Fast) (1950)
66. K. C. Blues (1951)
68. Happy Bird Blues (1951)
9.Improvisational Frames with Composed Sections and Non-Standard Works
6. M. 19C (1944–1945)
8. The Famous Alto Break (1945)
14. Meandering (1945)
11. Warmin’ Up a Riff (1945)
15. Ko Ko (1945)
30. Bird of Paradise (1947)
41. Klaunstance (1947)
42. Bird Gets the Worm (1947)
46. Parker’s Mood (1948)
50. Merry-Go-Round (1948)
60. Leap Frog (1950)
61. Relaxin’ with Lee (1950)
62. Celerity (1950)
65. She Rote (1951)
10.Summary and Assessment
“Honeysuckle Rose” and Rhythm Changes
The Tunes by Category, Contrafact, Key, and Primary Line
Revisions and Adaptations
On the Bandstand Calling the Tunes
Quotation and Self-Quotation
Interest in Twentieth-Century Concert Music
Compositional Legacy
Bibliography
Discography

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