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{{about|the Miles Davis composition}}
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| Name = All Blues
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| Type = Composition
| type = Composition
| Artist = [[Miles Davis]]
| artist = [[Miles Davis]]
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| album = [[Kind of Blue]]
| released = {{Start date|1959|08|17}}
| Album = [[Kind of Blue]]
| Published =
| recorded = April 22, 1959
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| Released = [[August 17]] 1959
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| genre = [[Modal jazz]]
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| length = 11:33
| Recorded = [[April 22]] 1959
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
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| composer = [[Miles Davis]]
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| producer = [[Irving Townsend]]<ref>Bambarger, Bradley. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mAgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22produced+in+spring+1959+by+Irving+Townsend%22&pg=PA74 "Miles Davis True 'Blue'"]. ''Billboard''. August 7, 1999. pp. 1, 74. Retrieved 2016-01-25.</ref>
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| Composer = [[Miles Davis]]
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Producer = [[Teo Macero]]
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"'''All Blues'''" is a jazz composition by [[Miles Davis]] first appearing on the influential 1959 album ''[[Kind of Blue]]''. It is a [[twelve-bar blues]] in {{music|time|6|8}}; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of [[seventh chord]]s, with a {{flat}}VI in the [[blues turnaround|turnaround]] instead of just the usual V chord. In the composition's original key of G this chord is an E{{flat}}7. "All Blues" is an example of modal blues in G [[Mixolydian mode|Mixolydian]].<ref>{{cite book | publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation | title=The Real Book Sixth Edition | date=2004 | isbn=0-634-06038-4 |page=18 }}</ref>{{Clarify|date=April 2019}}<!--How can this be G Mixolydian if the sixth scale degree is minor instead of major?-->


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A particularly distinctive feature of the piece is the bass line that repeats through the whole piece, except when a V or {{flat}}VI chord is reached (the 9th and 10th bars of a chorus). Further, there is a harmonically similar [[Vamp (music)|vamp]] that is played by the horns (the two saxophones in the case of ''Kind of Blue'') at the beginning and then (usually) continued by the piano under any solos that take place. Each chorus is usually separated by a four-bar vamp which acts as an introduction to the next solo/chorus.
'''"All Blues"''' is a jazz composition by [[Miles Davis]] first appearing on the influential 1959 album ''[[Kind of Blue]]''.


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While originally an instrumental piece, lyrics were later added by [[Oscar Brown Jr.]]
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It is a [[12 bar blues]] in [[6/8]]; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of 7th chords, with a bVI in the turnaround instead of just the usual V chord. In the song's original key of G this chord is an Eb7. <ref>{{cite book | publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation | title=The Real Book Sixth Edition | isbn=0-634-06038-4|page=18}}</ref>


==Personnel==
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The piece is made even more distinctive by the bass [[vamp (music)|vamp]] that repeats through the whole piece, except when a V or bVI chord is reached (the 9th and 10th bars of a chorus). Further to this, there is a harmonically similar vamp that is played by the horns (the two saxophones in the case of ''Kind of Blue'') at the beginning and then (usually) continued by the piano under any solos that take place. Each chorus is usually separated by a four-bar vamp which acts as an introduction to the next solo/chorus.
* [[Miles Davis]] – [[trumpet]]

* [[Cannonball Adderley|Julian "Cannonball" Adderley]] – [[alto saxophone]]
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While originally an instrumental piece and usually performed as such, lyrics were later written for it by [[Oscar Brown Jr.]].
* [[John Coltrane]] – [[tenor saxophone]]
* [[Bill Evans]] – [[piano]]
* [[Paul Chambers]] – [[double bass]]
* [[Jimmy Cobb]] – [[drum kit|drums]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
[[fr:All Blues]]
*[https://www.jazzguitar.be/blog/all-blues/ "All Blues"] Analysis, Melody, Chords & Improvisation


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Latest revision as of 06:40, 23 May 2024

This article is about the Miles Davis composition. For other uses, see All Blues (disambiguation).
"All Blues"
Composition by Miles Davis
from the album Kind of Blue
ReleasedAugust 17, 1959 (1959-08-17)
RecordedApril 22, 1959
GenreModal jazz
Length11:33
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)Miles Davis
Producer(s)Irving Townsend[1]

"All Blues" is a jazz composition by Miles Davis first appearing on the influential 1959 album Kind of Blue. It is a twelve-bar blues in 6
8; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of seventh chords, with a ♭VI in the turnaround instead of just the usual V chord. In the composition's original key of G this chord is an E♭7. "All Blues" is an example of modal blues in G Mixolydian.[2][clarification needed]

A particularly distinctive feature of the piece is the bass line that repeats through the whole piece, except when a V or ♭VI chord is reached (the 9th and 10th bars of a chorus). Further, there is a harmonically similar vamp that is played by the horns (the two saxophones in the case of Kind of Blue) at the beginning and then (usually) continued by the piano under any solos that take place. Each chorus is usually separated by a four-bar vamp which acts as an introduction to the next solo/chorus.

While originally an instrumental piece, lyrics were later added by Oscar Brown Jr.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Bambarger, Bradley. "Miles Davis True 'Blue'". Billboard. August 7, 1999. pp. 1, 74. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  2. ^ The Real Book Sixth Edition. Hal Leonard Corporation. 2004. p. 18. ISBN 0-634-06038-4.
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