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Lady Bird

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Lady Bird was written by pianist and composer Tadd Dameron in 1939. It was first released to the public in 1948. It’s most ground-breaking harmonic feature for its time was its turn around in the last two bars: (Cmaj7 Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Dbmaj7).
This is a great tune to know, and great for improvising.

Videos to learn the melody/changes

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Dexter Gordon -Lady Bird (Belgium, 1964) [1/2]
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Chet Baker - Lady Bird
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Lady Bird by Tadd Dameron Sextet with Fats Navarro
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Brent Vaartstra is a professional jazz guitarist and educator living in New York City. He is the head blogger and podcast host for learnjazzstandards.com which he owns and operates. He actively performs around the New York metropolitan area and is the author of the Hal Leonard publication "Visual Improvisation for Jazz Guitar." He's also the host of the music entrepreneurship podcast "Passive Income Musician."

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