January 2025 - Bye Bye Blackbird

[M-ster]

We looked at East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) back in Mar 2013, so our standard for Jan 2025 will be Bye Bye Blackbird (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon, 1926).

Background:
Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Bye Bye Blackbird)

Happy new year to all the jazz people!

[ragman1]

Oh, no, not the Blackbird!

Happy New Year, M-ster. One day your heroism will be recognised

[ragman1]

[kris]

Box

[kris]

Is anyone looking here? or maybe we have a jazz crisis?
After all, it is a beautiful and well-known standard of jazz music...

[GuyBoden]

Is anyone looking here? or maybe we have a jazz crisis?
After all, it is a beautiful and well-known standard of jazz music...

What's the most common 'Bye Bye Blackbird' changes played?

(Below) I looked at Ralph Patt's vanilla changes, but I didn't like line six, I prefer Gm7->Gm7->Db7->C7


Edit: Maybe these basic changes below:

"Bye Bye Blackbird"

| FM7 | Gm7 | FM7 | Gm7 |
| FM7 | Abdim | Gm7 | C7 |
| Gm7 | C7 | Gm7 | C7 |
| Gm7 | C7 | FM7 | FM7 |
| F7 | F7 | Am7 | D7 |
| Gm7 | Gm7 | Db7 | C7 |
| FM7 | Gm7 | Am7 | D7 |
| Gm7 | C7 | FM7 | FM7 |

[ragman1]

Oh, for chrissakes, someone just PLAY it.

[GuyBoden]

Oh, for chrissakes, someone just PLAY it.

It's too easy.

[kris]

[GuyBoden]

Thank you

[kris]

[GuyBoden]

This is my fav:

[Mulgrew Miller]

[deacon Mark]

If you want to know how to play in clean, smooth, and fluid start here.