[Dixielandjazz] Ballade

Stephen G Barbone barbonestreet at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 29 21:19:56 UTC 2009


Dick Sleeman asked about Charlie Parker's "Ballade".

I haven't seen the chord changes, but my ears tell me that perhaps it  
is based on "As Long As I Live", albeit at a slower tempo  Parker  
wrote few, if any, tunes that were not based upon some other existing  
tune chord changes. Sometimes he would combine two tunes by using a  
different bridge.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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