Miles Davis- All Blues

What is the title of the album this set work came from?

Answer: Kind of Blue

In which year was the album originally released?

Answer: 1959

It is an example of what kind of music?

Answer: Cool/Modal Jazz

• Intro - 4 bars long: bass riff, cymbals, piano trill
• Intro Riff- 4 bars long: alto + tenor sax enter
• Head 1- 12 bars long: main melody on the muted trumpet
• Link- same as the Intro Riff
• Head 2- slightly altered main melody
• Link- + ride cymbal
• Trumpet solo
• Link
• Alto saxophone solo
• Link
• Tenor saxophone solo
• Link
• Piano solo
• Link
• Head 3
• Link
• Head 4
• Link
• Outro

• Head 1 - chromaticism, not improvised, mainly conjunct, major 6th interal is common, many grace notes
• Trumpet solo - starts fragmented but becomes more lyrical
  • All of the solos are improvised
  • Virtuosic solos
• It is written in the G mixalidian mode
• Blues notes are common
• Saxophone riff

• Frontline instruments:
  • Trumpet
  • Alto saxophone
  • Tenor saxophone
• Rhythm instruments:
  • Piano
  • Swing bass
  • Drum kit
• This is a typical jazz setup

• Based off of the 12 bar blues
  • Slightly altered
  • G (I)G (I)G (I)G (I)C (IV)C (IV)G (I)G (I)D (V)C (IV)G (I)G (I)
• G mixalidian mode 
• Flattened 7ths
• Sharpened 9ths
  • This creates dissonance

• The texture is mainly homophonic
  • solo lines + accompaniment
• Piano is comping
• Bass riff
• The Head section has the thickest texture

• Use of swung quavers
• Use of syncopation in the head and in the solo lines
• In 6/4 time
• Use of triplets
• Use of cross rhythms