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.

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Videos to learn the melody/changes

Lady Bird
Dexter Gordon -Lady Bird (Belgium, 1964) [1/2]
05:42
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Lady Bird
07:33
Chet Baker - Lady Bird
04:47
Lady Bird by Tadd Dameron Sextet with Fats Navarro
03:33