Byrdlike or Birdlike ???

[Tobias]

Hi,

there's a blues in F written by Freddie Hubbard.

Is the title Birdlike or Byrdlike?

In fakebooks and on recordings i saw both of them.

Is it a tribute to Bird or to Donald Byrd?

Thanks!

Tobias
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[PH]

The original recording says Birdlike.
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[Def Trumpet]

Tribute to Charlie Parker.
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[rusco]

http://www.jazz.com/music/2008/4/11/freddie-hubbard-byrdlike

Written for Donald Byrd. Misprinted on the recording and in fakes books.... the old fake books are full of mistakes.

[NTlead]

Given the nature of the head, Byrdlike would make more sense, but I've only ever seen Birdlike. Seems like an awfully odd melody with which to pay homage to Charlie Parker.

[Def Trumpet]

Huh, I swear I remember hearing somewhere that Hubbard had Parker in mind when he wrote the song.

Here's a Jazztimes article that backs me up.

"On his 1961 album, Ready for Freddie, Hubbard unveiled “Birdlike,” his tribute to Charlie Parker, with a bravura trumpet solo that machine-gunned notes across several octaves at a dizzying, Parker-like tempo pushed along by Elvin Jones. Each note, whether a piercing 16th or a bluesy quarter, was precisely pitched and crisply articulated."
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[rusco]

[rusco]

K,

Now I'm REALLY confused....

I went back and read the liner note for Ready for Freddie and it does make mention of Charlie Parker

".... aside from the Charlie Parker-like nature of the angular theme, the ryhthmic felling throughout is rooted in Bird's Language...."

I remember asking this question in a masterclass to Christian McBride who played with Freddie back in the 90's. He made referance to Donald Byrd.

Let's consult Wilmer Wise.... he'll know.

[rusco]

Sorry, Ya got me thinkin.

this is kinda like who wrote Donna Lee? Bird or Miles. Miles swears up and down in his autobiograhpy he wrote it, but clearly it's not a "Bird" -like (no pun intnded) melody.

hhhhmmmmm

[PRogers]

I'd say its pretty clear that Donna Lee was not written by Bird. It really doesn't have the same phraseology nor rhythmic ingenuity of Bird, to my ears at least.

[EricM224]

The original title is Birdlike, a tribute to "Bird". However, when Freddie went to record that tune with another group he changed the title to Byrdlike to avaiod copywrite problems. I could be wrong! But on Ready for Freddie it's "Birdlike" and on all the V.S.O.P. records it's "Byrdlike". Who knows!

Cheers
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[kfjazz]

Here's a video I found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTbsxtUJZN0

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[rusco]

[nospacebar14]

I agree -- Donna Lee does not sound like a bird tune. There's no larger rhythm to the phrases like on most bird tunes.

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