Jazz tunes same changes

[Pete Martin]

Cool Joel, Dewey Square is one of my other fav Parker tunes, we play it a lot. We think of it kinda as Yardbird Suite in Eb

[Joel Glassman]

I'm pretty sure Yardbird Suite is Parker's new melody to Earl Hines' "Rosetta".
Not exactly, but very close. Parker and Gillespie played in the Hines big band early on.

[Pete Martin]

For a loose fit, Wes Montgomerys 4 on 6 is just Summertime, with a few typical Wes II Vs thrown in. This tune works great on mandolin.

[montana]

Thanks everyone.

[ralph johansson]

I'm pretty sure Yardbird Suite is Parker's new melody to Earl Hines' "Rosetta".
Not exactly, but very close. Parker and Gillespie played in the Hines big band early on.

Rosetta drops a half-step in the second bar, Yardbird Suite basically drops a full step. In the bridge Rosetta modulates to the relative minor of the dominant, then to the dominant (starting on the tonic chord each time) and then back to the starting key. I know of two more songs with the same structure in the bridge. 1) Blue Bonnet Girl by Glenn Spencer (recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers); 2) Why Do You Treat Me like the Dirt under Your Feet (Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell).

[T.D.Nydn]

Everyone rips off everybody.Larry Coryell once said their are two types of musicians,,the explorers,and then the exploiters.

[AlanN]

And Tony Rice's Devlin is just George Benson's On Broadway

[JamesBryan]

Encyclopedic resource here, that's been around awhile:

http://www.ralphpatt.com/Tonal.html

[montana]

Pretty amazing work!

[Pete Martin]

The bridges of Rosetta and Yardbird Suite are different enough that I wouldn't consider them as the same. Yard could have definitely been influenced by Rosetta though!

[AlanN]

Encyclopedic resource here, that's been around awhile:

http://www.ralphpatt.com/Tonal.html

Excellent resource, thanks!