Billie's Bounce

This article is about the composition by Charlie Parker. For the album by Dexter Gordon, see Billie's Bounce (album).
"Billie's Bounce"
Composition by Charlie Parker
Released1945
RecordedNovember 1945
GenreJazz
LabelSavoy
Composer(s)Charlie Parker

"Billie's Bounce" (also known as "Bill's Bounce") is a jazz composition written in 1945 by Charlie Parker in the form of a 12 bar F blues. Some sources claim that the song was dedicated to Dizzy Gillespie's agent, Billy Shaw, although according to Ross Russell, Shaw's "name was misspelled"[1] accidentally. However, others claim that the song was in fact dedicated to Shaw's secretary, who was called Billie.[2] The original recording by Charlie Parker and His Re-Boppers was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002.[3]

Originally an instrumental, lyrics were added later by Jon Hendricks and by Eddie Jefferson.[4]

  1. ^ Russell, Ross (1996). Bird Lives! The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80679-7.
  2. ^ ""Billie's Bounce" | Stories of Standards". KUVO. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ Grammy Hall of Fame Archived July 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine - retrieved on 28 April 2009
  4. ^ Billie's Bounce at jazzstandards.com - retrieved on 28 April 2009