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"Confirmation" is a bebop standard composed by saxophonist Charlie Parker in 1946. It is known as a challenging number due to its long, complex head and rapid chord changes, which feature an extended cycle of fifths (see Bird changes).

Many notable musicians have performed the standard, including:^[1]

And it was becoming popular by:

References

^ eds. "All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 5 November 2014. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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Discography
Studio albums	Bird and Diz (1952) South of the Border (1952) Big Band (1954) Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 1 (1956) The Immortal Charlie Parker (1956) Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 2 (1956) The Genius of Charlie Parker (1956) The Charlie Parker Story (1956) Now's the Time: the Quartet of Charlie Parker (1956) The Cole Porter Songbook (1956) Swedish Schnapps (1958)
Live albums	Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Bird on 52nd St. (1958) Bird at St. Nick's (1958) Bird Is Free (1961) One Night in Birdland (1977) Summit Meeting at Birdland (1977) Inglewood Jam (1978) The Washington Concerts (1983) Live at Rockland Palace (1997)
Box sets	Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions Complete Charlie Parker on Dial Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
Compositions	"Ah-Leu-Cha" "Anthropology" "Au Privave" "Big Foot" aka "Driftin' on a Reed" "Barbados" "Billie's Bounce" "Bird Gets the Worm" "Bloomdido" "Blues for Alice" "Chasin' the Bird" "Cheryl" "Confirmation" "Constellation " "Dexterity" "Donna Lee" "Ko-Ko" "Moose the Mooche" "Now's the Time" "Ornithology" "Parker's Mood" "Relaxin' at Camarillo" "Scrapple from the Apple" "Swingmatism" "Yardbird Suite"
Related	Bebop Dizzy Gillespie Charlie Parker with Strings Charlie Parker Omnibook Bird (1988 film) Bird and Diz
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 * [[PaRappa (Cumin)|PaRappa]] & [[The Modern Bug Band]]