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{{about|the Miles Davis composition}}
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| artist = [[Miles Davis]]
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| Artist = [[Miles Davis]]
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| released = {{Start date|1959|08|17}}
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| recorded = April 22, 1959
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| Released = August 17, 1959
| genre = [[Modal jazz]]
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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
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| Recorded = April 22, 1959
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| 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]]
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| Producer = [[Irving Townsend]] <ref>Bambarger, Bradley. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74&dq=%22produced+in+spring+1959+by+Irving+Townsend%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX1-PZtsbKAhUGbj4KHaFxDkUQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=%22produced%20in%20spring%201959%20by%20Irving%20Townsend%22&f=false "Miles Davis True 'Blue'"]. ''Billboard''. August 7, 1999. pp. 1, 74. Retrieved 2016-01-25.</ref>
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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 6/8; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of 7th chords, with a {{flat}}VI in the [[blues turnaround|turnaround]] instead of just the usual V chord. In the song's original key of G this chord is an E{{flat}}7. "All Blues" is a modal blues in G [[mixolydian]].<ref>{{cite book | publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation | title=The Real Book Sixth Edition | isbn=0-634-06038-4|page=18}}</ref>
"'''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?-->


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 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.
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.


While originally an instrumental piece and usually performed as such, lyrics were later written for it by [[Oscar Brown Jr.]]
While originally an instrumental piece, lyrics were later added by [[Oscar Brown Jr.]]


==Covers==
==Personnel==
* [[Miles Davis]] – [[trumpet]]
*A cover was made by [[Ron Carter]] on his album ''All Blues'' which came out in 1973.
* [[Cannonball Adderley|Julian "Cannonball" Adderley]] – [[alto saxophone]]
*A cover was made by [[Colin Hodgkinson]] on his album ''The Bottom Line'' (1998).
* [[John Coltrane]] – [[tenor saxophone]]
*A cover was made by [[Larry Coryell]] on his album ''Monk, Trane, Miles & Me'' (1999).
* [[Bill Evans]] – [[piano]]
*The song "Strange Feelin'" sung by the folksinger [[Tim Buckley]] in 1968 on his album "Happy sad" shares similarities to All Blues, including vocals as well.
* [[Paul Chambers]] – [[double bass]]
* [[Jimmy Cobb]] – [[drum kit|drums]]


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

== External links ==
*[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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