IVIV Miles Davis wrote "Donna Lee"

[Michael Bailey]

ya think ya know something, so you don't bother to look it up.
I said Charlie Parker wrote Donna Lee, but learned tonight that was wrong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Lee


"Donna Lee" is a bebop jazz standard in A flat based on the chord
changes of the traditional jazz standard "(Back Home Again in)
Indiana".[1] One unusual feature of the tune is that it begins with a
half-bar rest.

Miles Davis composed the tune in 1947, his first recorded composition,
although authorship is often credited to saxophonist Charlie
Parker.[2] Parker was credited on the original 78 rpm recordings, a
mistake perpetuated through numerous reissues and causing early
confusion.[2] The tune was copyrighted under Parker's name. It was
named after bassist Curly Russell's daughter, Donna Lee Russell, a
title assigned by producer Teddy Reig.