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Miles Davis 'All Blues'- Kind of Blue (STRUCTURE (broken into 5…
Miles Davis
'All Blues'- Kind of Blue
made up of a
sextet
(group of 6 players)
FRONTLINE
Miles Davis
(trumpet)
Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley
(alto sax)
John Coltrane
(tenor sax)
play
main melody
&
prominent solos
RHYTHM SECTION
Bill Evans
(piano)
Paul Chambers
(bass)
Jimmy Cobb
(drums)
provides the
harmonic
&
rhythmic backing
album recording had
no rehearsal
&
no score
basic information given was
overall structure
/
basic chord sequence
/
main melodic idea
/
mode/scale to improvise on
STRUCTURE
based on
12 bar blues progression
(12 bar chord sequence which returns throughout)
one statement is called a
chorus
main melody
is called the
head
(played by the muted trumpet & lasts for 12 bars - heard at the start & end of the piece)
sections
separated
by a
simple 4 bar riff
in
parallel 3rds
broken into
5 sections
(called
head arrangement
)
INTRO
- opening
4 bars
played by the
rhythm section
followed by the
riff
HEAD 1
-
head
melody,
played twice
& followed by the
riff
SOLOS
-
trumpet, alto
/
tenor sax
&
piano
, each followed by the
riff
HEAD 2
-
head
melody,
played twice
& followed by the
riff
CODA
-
solo
for
muted trumpet
MELODY
head
melody is
simple
& is
characterised by rising 6ths
(interval D - B)
four improvised solos
follow
TRUMPET SOLO
- for
4 choruses
, made of
short syncopated motifs
ALTO SAX SOLO
- for
4 choruses
,
quicker
&
wider range of notes
& is
more virtuosic
TENOR SAX SOLO
- for
4 choruses
, uses
fast scales
&
quicker runs
& is
very virtuosic
PIANO SOLO
- for
2 choruses
,
calmer
& a
simple melody
with
parallel chords