area of study 3.1 miles Davis all blues

• made in 1959
• Davis created modal jazz
  • folky style
  • it uses fewer chords and is more based on the melody
  • it has typically longer pieces
• this was recorded in 1 take
•  the players were told:
  • the main theme
  • the scales/modes in which to improvise
  • the basic structure

• the head melody (main tune) lasts 32 bars
  • played by muted trumpet for 12 bars then developed and regurgitated
  • the melody is based on a simple motif
    • upward major 6th to b
    • long note sustained and ornamented
    • then the tune moves stepwise around the scale
• the sax riff is the bass
• apart from the head all other parts of the melody are improvised

• simple texture of melody over riff based backing
• the accompanying wind plays 3rds/4ths whilst piano and bass have seperate riff
• the cymbal have a sweep texture

• g major tonality without g#
• modal features in solos
  • g and c mixolydian are used

• jazz harmony- 12 bar blues as the basis of head motif
• although based on 12 bar blues some more complex chords are used- g7
• chord pattern is known as 'the changes'

mellow and very cool- created by Harmon muted trumpet, ghost notes and rests

• Intro
• Head- trumpet
• Davis solo- trumpet
• Adderley solo- alto sax 
• Coltrane solo- tenor sax
• Evans solo- piano
• Head
• Outro

• moderate pace- jazz waltz triple metre
• rhythm is swung
• lots of syncopation