Barbados (composition) explained

"Barbados" is a jazz tune composed by Charlie Parker. It is a twelve-bar blues set to a mambo rhythm. Parker first recorded it on September 18, 1948, with Miles Davis (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Curly Russell (bass) and Max Roach (drums).

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Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, Lawrence O. . Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker . 1988 . University of Wisconsin Press . 0-87972-260-6 . 133.
2. Book: Stearns, Marshall Winslow . The Story of Jazz . 1970 . Oxford University Press US . 0-19-501269-0 . 250 . registration .