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Ted Dunbar's Bebop List

By Rick Stone
January 23, 2012
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Yeah, I know I went WAY over the 10-20 song, 70 minute limit, but this is a VERY important list. These are the tunes I practiced EVERY day (in this order) for several years from a list given to me by my teacher Ted Dunbar in 1990.

Track	Name	Time	Artist	Album
1	Confirmation	5:53	Charlie Parker	The Charlie Parker Story
2	Donna Lee	2:32	Charlie "Bird" Parker	The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
3	Four	7:14	Miles Davis	Workin'
4	Little Willie Leaps	2:50	Charlie "Bird" Parker	The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
5	Freedom Jazz Dance (Evolution Of The Groove)	7:13	Miles Davis	Miles Smiles
6	Sippin' at Bell's	2:21	Charlie "Bird" Parker	The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
7	Scrapple From The Apple	2:54	Charlie "Bird" Parker	The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
8	Vierd Blues	6:55	Miles Davis	Collector's Items
9	Cookin' at the Continental	4:54	Horace Silver	Finger Poppin' With the Horace Silver Quintet
10	Gingerbread Boy	7:44	Miles Davis	Miles Smiles
11	Jordu—Clifford Brown	7:50	Clifford Brown	Clifford Brown And Max Roach
12	Airegin	4:27	Miles Davis Quintet	Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
13	Yardbird Suite	2:53	Charlie "Bird" Parker	The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
14	Au Privave	2:39	Sonny Stitt	Stitt Plays Bird
15	Budo	4:14	Miles Davis	'Round About Midnight
16	Ornithology	2:59	Charlie "Bird" Parker	The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
17	Ornithology	4:24	Charlie Parker	The Charlie Parker Story
18	Parisian Thoroughfare—Clifford Brown	7:19	Clifford Brown	Clifford Brown And Max Roach
19	Groovin' High	6:00	Charlie Parker	The Charlie Parker Story
20	Moment's Notice	9:16	John Coltrane	Blue Train
21	Dat Dere—take 3	5:28	Cannonball Adderley	Them Dirty Blues
22	Daahoud—Clifford Brown	4:50	Clifford Brown	Clifford Brown And Max Roach
23	Bebop	2:50	Charlie "Bird" Parker	The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
24	Ceora	8:29	Deep Blue Orgin Trio	Folk Music
25	Anthropology	5:03	Charlie Parker	The Charlie Parker Story
26	Anthropology	4:17	Barry Harris	Newer Than New
27	Tricotism	3:53	Ray Brown	Ultimate Ray Brown
28	Joy Spring—Clifford Brown	6:50	Clifford Brown	Clifford Brown And Max Roach
29	Half Nelson	4:48	Miles Davis	Workin'
30	Oleo	5:54	Miles Davis Quintet	Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
31	Room 608	5:09	The National Jazz Ensemble	National Jazz Ensemble (1975-1976)
32	Milestones	2:35	Charlie "Bird" Parker	The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
33	Cheryl	2:58	Charlie "Bird" Parker	The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
34	Opus De Funk—Milt Jackson;Hubert Laws	6:43	Milt Jackson;Hubert Laws	Goodbye
35	Dig	7:34	Miles Davis	Dig
36	Quicksilver	7:13	Horace Silver	Funky Pieces Of Silver
37	Impressions—John Coltrane & McCoy Tyner & Elvin Jones	7:27	John Coltrane & McCoy Tyner & Elvin Jones	John Coltrane The Greatest Hits
38	Prince Albert	8:40	The Jazz Messengers	The Ultimate Jazz Archive 32 At The Cafe Bohemia, Nov. 11
39	Giant Steps	4:43	John Coltrane	Giant Steps
40	Song for My Father by Horace Silver Quartet	7:19	Various Artists	Classic Jazz—Jazz Masters
41	The Theme	5:51	Miles Davis	Miles
42	The Theme (Take 1)	2:00	Miles Davis	Workin'

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