Transcript AOS 3 KIND OF BLUE MILES DAVIS

AOS 3 ALL BLUES
MILES DAVIS
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Basic facts about
ALL BLUES
This track is from the ALBUM KIND OF BLUES
which was recorded in one take in NY in 1959
 Line-up is trumpet /alto sax / tenor sax /
piano/bass / drums
 Unusually for Jazz the time signature is 6/4 and
is marked JAZZ WALTZ
 This is MODAL JAZZ – this means that rather
than relying on complicated chord patterns the
harmony focuses on a MODE or scale and the
improvised solos are freer
KIND OF BLUE 1959
The recording
 MILES
DAVIS gave his band for this track
the minimum of preparation before they
went into the studio in New York in 1959
 They got given some scales ( MODES)
and melody lines to improvise on
 Each track including this one on the album
had only one take and the whole album
was recorded in just 2 sessions. However
all the musicians were at the height of their
playing abilities
The bandMILES DAVIS- trumpet
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY-alto sax JOHN COLTRANE-tenor sax
JIMMY COBB-drums
BILL EVANS –piano PAUL CHAMBERS -bass
This is the chord pattern for ALL BLUES
4/4 G7
C7
D7#9
 Notice
G7
C7
Eb7#9-D7#9
G7
G7
G7
G7
G7
G7
there are DOMINANT sevenths
used and that the last line has ALTERED
chords where basically the harmony is
made more interesting by adding notes
Structure of ALL BLUES
 INTRO
– this is where the original tune or
melody is played
 IMPROVISED SOLOS-trumpet / alto sax /
tenor sax / piano
 HEAD- the main theme returns
 OUTRO-this fades out
 HEAD
RIFFS – what are they?
 A RIFF
is a short rhythmic ostinato- very
common in Jazz, Blues & Pop.
 KIND OF BLUE uses 3 short riffs
 The first G D ED F DED is on Double Bass
 The second the alto and tenor saxes play
in the intro in 3rds (in harmony)
 D/B E/C F/D E/C
THE INSTRUMENTS & THEIR
ROLES
 The
RHYTHM section provides the
harmony and rhythmic background- in this
case it is the DRUMS / BASS / PIANO
 The frontline instruments are
TRUMPET,ALTO SAXOPHONE & TENOR
SAXOPHONE
 THE WORD COMPING means
accompanying- playing the background
chords & rhythms