Blues for Alice is a 1951 jazz standard composed by Charlie Parker, a landmark example of his rapid bebop blues style known as Bird Blues. The piece is written in F major and usually begins with an F major seventh or F sixth chord. Parker’s first recording of Blues for Alice was in August 1951 for Verve Records, with Red Rodney on trumpet, John Lewis on piano, Ray Brown on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums. The tune is a modified twelve-bar blues in F major that makes heavy use of the ii-V-I progression. It remains a classic in the bebop repertoire and a key example of Parker’s sophisticated approach to the blues. Note: the exact album title isn’t listed in the provided content.
