Blues for Alice
"Blues for Alice" is a 1951 jazz standard, composed by Charlie Parker.[1][2] The standard is noted for its rapid bebop blues-style chord voicings and complex harmonic scheme which is a fine example of what is known as "Bird Blues".[3][4] It is written in the key of F major and usually begins with an F major seventh or F sixth chord.
Parker's first recording of the piece is from August 1951 for Verve Records. The lineup consisted of Parker, Red Rodney (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Ray Brown (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums).[5]
Structure
The composition is a modified twelve-bar blues[6] in F major with heavy use of the ii-V-I progression.[1]
See also
- List of post-1950 jazz standards
- Bird changes
References
- ^ a b The Real Book, Volume I, p. 55
- ^ The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 26
- ^ Lawn, Richard; Hellmer, Jeffrey L. (1996). Jazz: theory and practice. Alfred Music Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 0-88284-722-8.
- ^ Baerman, Noah (1998). Complete Jazz Keyboard Method: Intermediate Jazz Keyboard. Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 0-88284-911-5.
- ^ Singletary, Marcus. "Charlie Parker: Blues for Alice". Jazz.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ Pachet, François (February 2000). "Computer Analysis of Jazz Chord Sequences: Is Solar a Blues?" (PDF). Readings in Music and Artificial Intelligence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
External links
- Recording by Charlie Parker on saxophone on YouTube
- Blues for Alice guitar arrangement on YouTube
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Discography
- Bird and Diz (1952)
- South of the Border (1952)
- Big Band (1954)
- Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 1 (1956)
- The Immortal Charlie Parker (1956)
- Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 2 (1956)
- The Genius of Charlie Parker (1956)
- The Charlie Parker Story (1956)
- Now's the Time: the Quartet of Charlie Parker (1956)
- The Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
- Swedish Schnapps (1958)
- Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
- Bird on 52nd St. (1958)
- Bird at St. Nick's (1958)
- Bird Is Free (1961)
- One Night in Birdland (1977)
- Summit Meeting at Birdland (1977)
- Inglewood Jam (1978)
- The Washington Concerts (1983)
- Live at Rockland Palace (1997)
- Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions
- Complete Charlie Parker on Dial
- Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions
- Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
- "Ah-Leu-Cha"
- "Anthropology"
- "Au Privave"
- "Big Foot" aka "Driftin' on a Reed"
- "Barbados"
- "Billie's Bounce"
- "Bird Gets the Worm"
- "Bloomdido"
- "Blues for Alice"
- "Chasin' the Bird"
- "Cheryl"
- "Confirmation"
- "Constellation "
- "Dexterity"
- "Donna Lee"
- "Ko-Ko"
- "Moose the Mooche"
- "Now's the Time"
- "Ornithology"
- "Parker's Mood"
- "Relaxin' at Camarillo"
- "Scrapple from the Apple"
- "Swingmatism"
- "Yardbird Suite"
- Bebop
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Charlie Parker with Strings
- Charlie Parker Omnibook
- Bird (1988 film)
- Bird and Diz
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