All Blues

Miles Davis · 1959

Context

A composition credited to Miles Davis, a twelve-bar blues in 6/8, recorded on April 22, 1959 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York for Kind of Blue. Bill Evans plays piano on this track, with Wynton Kelly appearing only on "Freddie Freeloader." The track runs 11:33 and is on side 2 of the original record.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modal. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• So What (1959)
• Blue in Green (1959)
• Freddie Freeloader (1959)
• Flamenco Sketches (1959)
• Générique (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) (1958)
• Stella by Starlight (1958)

Sources

• EN: Kind of Blue

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