Blue in Green [No Piano] - Ballad || BACKING TRACK

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Head In x2, Solo x6, Head Out x2, Coda
Ballad 60 BPM

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Composer: Miles Davis, *Bill Evans

Year: 1959

Origin: Introduced on the album Kind of Blue.

Style: Ballad

Form: 10 Bars
The head is generally played twice on the way in and out.

Coda: On the head out after the final pass through the form the first 2 bars are played one last time before ending on Dmin7.

Key: D minor

Harmony/Overview: The harmony of this composition is mainly functional, and it is an almost modal piece. The form is only 10 bars long and with the absence of any Dominant chords in the final turnaround, a sense of tonal ambiguity permeates throughout the entire form. Lead sheets will often include BbMaj7#11 as the first chord, however this is incorrect as it is actually Gmi13.

Recordings: This song has been recorded over 250 times to date and is one of the most popular standards in the repertoire. It was first introduced on Miles Davis' album Kind of Blue in 1959 and this would be the first and last time Miles would ever record the piece. There has long been speculation as to whether or not Bill Evans wrote the tune, although Miles states in his autobiography that he alone was the composer. Evans claims he composed the piece while relying on two chords that Miles had asked him to develop into a tune, and on a radio broadcast in May of 1979 said "The truth is I did [write the music]... I don't want to make a federal case out of it, the music exists, and Miles is getting the royalties." It continues to be one of the most popular ballads in the repertoire over 60 years later.

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Bill Evans, Portrait in Jazz, 1959
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