Blue in Green
Context
A modal ballad on a ten-bar form, recorded for Kind of Blue, on which Cannonball Adderley does not play. The solos follow one another in a symmetrical order, and the authorship of the theme is debated: the record credits Miles Davis, but Bill Evans claimed to have written it. The track became a standard.
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.
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