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"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.[1]

Form[]

Good Bait uses the changes to "I've Got Rhythm" (Rhythm changes) transposed up by a fourth as its bridge.[2]

Other recorded versions[]

The song has been performed by a number of other artists, including:

See also[]

  • List of jazz contrafacts

References[]

  1. Aebersold, Jamey (1995). Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Long - Volume 65 - Four And More. Jamey Aebersold Jazz Inc. pp. ii. 
  2. Levine, Mark (1995). The Jazz theory Book. Sher Music Co. pp. 413, 427. 
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