[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1353942854' post='1879996'] 
'Donna Lee' works better if you understand the harmony that underpins it (it is based on the chords to '(Back Home Again In) Indiana'). Without that knowledge, it is a stream of gibberish. If you play it along with the chords, it is perfectly melodic.   
 
And, for the record, it is a Miles Davis tunes, NOT a Charlie Parker tune. 
 
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Lee"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Lee[/url] 
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yes ur absolutely right.