Zusammenfassung der Ressource
All Blues - Miles Davis
- Jazz
- Originated in the southern states of
America during the early 20th century
- Improvistaion
- Miles Davis: jazz trumpeter
- Influenced modal jazz
- Bebop was fast and virtuosic,
with improvisations based on
complex chord progressions
- Modal jazz was laid-back and
uncomplicated, with
improvisations based on modes
- Album - Kind of Blue
- Released in 1959
- The band is a sextet made up of:
- The Frontline (play main melody and solos)
- Trumpet
- Alto saxophone
- Tenor saxophone
- The Rhythm Section (harmonic and rhythmic backing)
- Piano
- Bass
- Drum kit
- Recorded with almost no rehersal and no score
- Only basic information was given:
- Overall structure
- Chord sequence
- Main melodic idea
- Mode/scale
- Structure
- Based on the 12-bar blues progression
- A chord sequence lasting for 12 bars and
returns throughout the piece. One statement
of the chord sequence is called a chorus
- Main melody is called the
head, played by muted trumpet
- Lasts for 12 bars, can be heard
at the start and end of piece
- Simple 4-bar riff in parallel 3rds that separates each section
- Five sections:
- 1) Introduction - opening four bars,
rhythm section, followed by riff
- 2) Head 1 - head melody,
followed by riff, played twice
- 3) Solos - trumpet, alto sax, tenor
sax and piano, each followed by riff
- 4) Head 2 - head melody, followed by riff, played twice
- 5) Coda - muted trumpet solo
- Melody
- Head melody - simple,
characterised by rising 6ths
- 4 solos:
- 1) Trumpet - lasts for 4 choruses,
short, syncopated motifs
- 2) Alto sax - lasts for 4 choruses,
quicker notes, wider range, more virtuosic
- 3) Tenor sax - lasts for 4 choruses,
fats scales, quick runs, very virtuosic
- 4) Piano - lasts for 2 choruses, calmer,
simpler melody, leads into parallel chords
- Harmony and Tonality
- Based on 12-bar blues sequence
- G7 (x4), Gm7 (x2), G7 (x2), D7, Eflat7/D7, F/G, F/G6
- Known as the changes
- G major with a flattened 7th
- Rhythm, Metre and Tempo
- 6/4
- 'Jazz Waltz'
- Swing quavers
- Frequent syncopation
- Instrumental Techniques
- Snare drum is played
with wire brushes
- Bass plays pizzicato throughout
- Trumpet is played with Harmon mute
- Piano plays tremolo at beginning
- Piano uses comping is solo (accompanying
with chords and short melodic ideas)