A LIST OF ESSENTIAL BEBOP TUNES FOR MEMORIZATION By David Baker
Afternoon in Paris John Lewis Anthropology Dizzy Gillespie Back Home Blues Charlie Parker Barbados Charlie Parker BeBop Dizzy Gillespie BeBop Revisited David Baker Billie’s Bounce Charlie Parker Birdlike Freddie Hubbard Bloomdido Charlie Parker Bouncin’ with Bud Bud Powell Brownie Speaks Clifford Brown Calcutta Cutie Horace Silver Cheryl Charlie Parker Chi-Chi Charlie Parker Confirmation Charlie Parker Cookin’ at the Continental Horace Silver Dance of the Infidels Bud Powell Dewey Square Charlie Parker Dexterity Charlie Parker Donna Jackie McLean Donna Lee Charlie Parker Don’t Argue Kai Winding Eternal Triangle Sonny Stitt Four Brothers Jimmy Giuffre Good Bait Tadd Dameron Groovin’ High Dizzy Gillespie Half Nelson Miles Davis/Nelson Boyd Hot House Tadd Dameron Jordu Duke Jordan Joy Spring Clifford Brown Little Willie Leaps Charlie Parker Mayreh Horace Silver Milestones (old) Miles Davis Mohawk Charlie Parker Moose the Mooch Charlie Parker A Night in Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie Opus V J.J. Johnson Ornithology Benny Harris Passport Charlie Parker Relaxin’ at Camarillo Charlie Parker Quicksilver Horace Silver Room 608 Horace Silver Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie Scrapple from the Apple Charlie Parker The Serpent’s Tooth Miles Davis Shaw Nuff Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker Sippin’ at Bells Miles Davis Split Kick Horace Silver Steeplechase Charlie Parker That’s Earl, Brother Gil Fuller Things to Come Dizzy Gillespie Wail Bud Powell Where You At? Horace Silver Woody’n You Dizzy Gillespie Yardbird Suite Charlie Parker