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Miles Davis - All Blues
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Music Mind Map on Miles Davis - All Blues, created by lisaxoxo on 12/05/2013.
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Miles Davis - All Blues
Context
From the album, "Kind of Blue"
Recorded in New York, 1959. Musicians would not have read from a score - would have known basic structure and order of solos.
Combination of soloists regarded as greatest collection of jazz musicians ever assembled.
Texture
Mainly melody with accompaniment (provided by rhythm section)
Soloists never improvise at the same time.
Sax riff adds another layer to texture when it is used.
Tonality
Piece based around 12 bar Blues in G major
Modal jazz
Harmony
Jazz based harmony, extended chords (7ths/9ths)
Blue notes
Melody
Main tune is called the head. Davis performs this on trumpet at the beginning and end of the piece.
Four improvised solos. Trumpet (Davis), alto sax (Adderley), tenor sax (Coltrane) and piano (Evans).
Head melody is based on motif of a major sixth leap. Ornamented with mordents.
Instruments
Trumpet (sometimes is played using a harmon mute), Alto sax, tenor sax, piano, bass drums (played with brushes in places).
Trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax = frontline
Piano, bass and rums = rhythm
Tempo
Crotchet = 156. Jazz waltz
Tempo does not change
Rhythm and metre
Written in 6/4 to give jazz waltz feel
Jazzy rhythms used, triplets, syncopations. Swung quavers.
Structure
Intro, head 1, head 2, trumpet solo, alto sax solo, tenor sax solo, piano solo, head 3, head 4, coda.
12 bar blues sequence is repeated 19 times
G7
Gm
D7
G7
Gm
Eb7
G7
G7
F G
G7
G7
F G
Four bar riff links each section together
Dynamics
No big dynamic contrasts, although excitement sometimes builds up in solo sections through subtle dynamic increases
Starts quietly, fades out at the end
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