Donna Lee - composer???

[Ty]

In his autobiography, Miles claims that he wrote "Donna Lee" and that credit
was mistakenly given to Bird on the record sleeve. But a bass player friend
of mine recently told me that Donna Lee was composed by Bird from one of
his solos. According to this account, Bird liked his solo so much (the name
of the tune escapes me at the moment) that he turned it into a tune.

Anybody know anything about this??

Ty

[William A Savage]

A biography by Paul Chambers (not the bass player) on Miles Davis
said that Miles Davis wrote "Donna Lee", but the song was accredited to
Charlie Parker because of some contract problem or distribution of
royalties. Unfortunately, I do not remember the exact details.

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[Sue Raul]

I also heard that Miles wrote this tune. Source was James Newton.

He was adamant.

Anyone else?

Sue

[Lee Cohen]

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SR>Subject: Re: Donna Lee - composer???
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SR>I also heard that Miles wrote this tune. Source was James Newton.

SR>He was adamant.

SR>Anyone else?

SR>Sue

Anyone else think the answer to this should become a FAQ, along with the
CHARLIE BROWN/Vince Guraldi?

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[ke...@mhd.moorhead.msus.edu]

In article <YhBlBJK00...@andrew.cmu.edu>, William A Savage <ws...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> A biography by Paul Chambers (not the bass player) on Miles Davis

^^^^^do you mean Jack Chambers?
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[William A Savage]

Yes, it was a mistake, I do mean Jack Chambers.