Talk:Donna Lee

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Really, IS it scholarly consensus that Miles wrote Donna Lee? I don't know many scholars who would support that claim. I mean, all signs point to him being full of hot air. It's very typical of Parker's style, even more so when you consider that it was written off the changes of another tune, something he did a lot. Something Miles did a lot was claim credit for songs he didn't write, like Blue in Green, etc. All the evidence for Miles writing it is his word, and his word isn't worth much.Havic5 06:25, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

^- Absolutely, it isn't. I've been examining Parker tunes for about a year now. Parker explores the chords much more in this tune than Miles ever did anywhere, which was really typical of him (Parker) everywhere. Miles was a minimalist player, who composed simple, yet catchy, 2 to 4 note leads, which is polar opposite to songs like "Donna Lee" or "Scrapple from the Apple". It may also be important to note that I have on an album a recording of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis playing "Donna Lee" at around 230 bpm. Miles makes numerous mistakes, and by this one can see that he either did not practice the tune enough, or he just couldn't match Parker technically (which would lead one to conclude that the tune WAS composed by Parker and not Miles). The song is standard Charlie Parker greatness 08:15, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia's official policy on no original research. The standard for inclusion is verifiability from published reliable sources. dissolvetalk 11:47, 23 February 2008 (UTC)