| "Dat Dere" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Language | English |
| Writer | Oscar Brown, Jr. |
| Composer | Bobby Timmons |
"Dat Dere" is a jazz song with music by Bobby Timmons and lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr.
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Timmons composed the music in succession with the songs "Dis Here" and "Which Were?". It was first recorded in 1960 by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers on the album "The Big Beat" while Timmons was the band's pianist.[1]
Oscar Brown Jr. penned the lyrics later for the song's release on his 1961 début album "Sin & Soul...and Then Some", as he did with two other recent jazz instrumentals, Mongo Santamaría's "Afro Blue," and Nat Adderley's "Work Song".[2] Brown's lyrics describe a child's curiosity and excitement on a visit to the zoo with his father, and the parent's reflections on the child's growing up. The song was inspired by a zoo visit with his son Oscar "Bobo" Brown III. Oscar Brown Jr. wrote song lyrics in honor of each of his children; "Brown Baby" is a tribute to his first born son David "Napoleon" Brown.
It features a joint trumpet and tenor saxophone solo from measures 9 through 23. Then the saxophone takes its own solo from measures 34 through 59, sporting a D minor- B minor7 (b5)- E minor7 (b5) chord progression. At measure 59 the whole band joins in for a loud and proud "shout chorus." It takes the coda back to 18, and once measure 30 is finished, it is open to the whole band to solo individually.