Good Bait (song)

"Good Bait" is a jazz composition written by American jazz piano player and composer Tadd Dameron and by band leader Count Basie. It was introduced in 1944 and was popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

Form
Good Bait uses the changes to "I've Got Rhythm" (Rhythm changes) transposed up by a fourth as its bridge.

Other recorded versions
The song has been performed by a number of other artists, including:
 * Charlie Parker
 * Fats Navarro
 * John Coltrane
 * Miles Davis
 * Tommy Flanagan
 * Dizzy Gillespie
 * Steve Grossman
 * Joe Pass
 * Robert Trowers
 * Nina Simone