"Dexterity" is a 1947 jazz composition by saxophonist Charlie Parker, which has become a jazz standard.
It has since been covered by artists such as the Art Ensemble of Chicago for the album Message to Our Folks in 1969,[1] Roy Hargrove for Parker's Mood) and Alex Riel for the album Riel Atin').
[2] In B-flat major, the tune is based on the changes to Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm", composed for the Broadway musical Girl Crazy in 1930.
The B section to the tune includes the whole of the ensemble.
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