Lazy Bird

Lazy Bird is a musical composition by John Coltrane, first appearing on his 1958 album Blue Train.

Its name is most likely a play on the title of the Tadd Dameron composition "Lady Bird": Coltrane biographer Lewis Porter has proposed a harmonic relationship between "Lady Bird" and the A section of "Lazy Bird". (The bridge of Coltrane's song is apparently a variation on the standard "Lover Man"). The chord progression of "Lady Bird" may be transformed into that of "Lazy Bird" through chord substitution using the backdoor progression and tritone substitution.

See also

• Tadd Dameron turnaround

Sources

1. Blue Train (album)
2. Lazy Bird (album)
3. John Coltrane
4. Coltrane changes
5. Sweet Silence Studios
6. Horton Hatches the Egg
7. 'Round About Midnight
8. East Coast Love Affair
9. List of LazyTown episodes
10. Horton the Elephant
11. Brad Bird
12. Mr. P.C.
13. Blue and White (album)
14. List of jazz tunes
15. Bee and PuppyCat
16. East!
17. List of jazz contrafacts
18. For Coltrane
19. Guitar Guitar Guitar
20. Doug Raney