Birks' Works (composition)

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"Birks' Works" is a 1951 jazz standard written by Dizzy Gillespie. [1] [2] The title refers to Gillespie's middle name, "Birks". [3] It was the title track of Gillespie's 1957 album Birks' Works .

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References

  1. "Birk's Works". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. "Birk's Works". J-DISC - Online. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  3. Powell, Neil (2000). The Language of Jazz. Taylor & Francis. pp. 22–. ISBN   978-1-57958-277-7.