Donna Lee

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"Donna Lee" is a bebop jazz standard in A flat based on the chord changes of the traditional jazz standard "(Back Home Again in) Indiana".[1]

Miles Davis composed the tune, his first recorded composition, although authorship is often credited to saxophonist Charlie Parker.[2] Parker was credited on the original 78 rpm recordings, a mistake perpetuated through numerous reissues and causing early confusion.[2] The tune was copyrighted under Parker's name. It was named after bassist Curly Russell's daughter, Donna Lee Russell, a title assigned by producer Teddy Reig.

Jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius recorded his interpretation of the tune, a solo fretless electric bass rendition featuring Don Alias on congas, for his debut album Jaco Pastorius (1976). The tune is a particular favourite of avant-garde saxophonist Anthony Braxton, who has recorded it many times. It is also the last song ever recorded by trumpeter Clifford Brown, prior to his tragic death in a car accident at age 25.

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  1. ^ "Donna Lee" @ jazzstandards.com. Accessed 2007 September 20
  2. ^ a b Chambers, Jack (1998). Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis. De Capo Press. p. 61. ISBN 0306808498

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