| Billie's Bounce | |
| Type: | Composition |
| Artist: | Charlie Parker |
| Released: | 1945 |
| Recorded: | November 1945 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Savoy |
| Composer: | 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]
The original 1945 recording was performed by the following lineup:[4]
Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial Sessions