0. Intro music - John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957) 11:00
Thelonius Monk & John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall- Monk's Mood (1957) 8:00
Thelonius Monk & John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall- Monk's Mood (1957) 8:00
"Sometimes it takes a long time to play like yourself." Miles Davis
"Jazz is freedom, now you just think about that." Thelonius Monk
Jazz neophyte to John Coltrane: "Modern jazz sounds like scrambled eggs."
Coltrane: "Yes, but it's the way you scramble them."
Music Theory: From chord progressions to modes (modal jazz):
Chord Progressions Page
Modal Jazz
Kind
of Blue (1959) is widely hailed
as one of the greatest jazz albums. This is how Miles' group
changed into the band that recorded it from the First Great Quintet with John
Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones....
1. Add Cannonball Adderly on alto saxophone to the quintet.
Milestones (1958) Dr. Jackle (6:00) Miles (Saints), saxes trade, bass solo
2. Replace Red Garland with Bill Evans at the piano and replace Philly Joe Jones with Jimmy Cobb on drums....
At Newport (1958) w/ Adderly, Coltrane, Evans, Chambers & Cobb. Straight, No Chaser (9:00) (comp: Monk) Evans solo: @ 6:00
Miles' collaborators in this period 15:15
Bill Evans - Someday My Prince Will Come (7:00)
Cannonball Adderley - Work Song (8:15)
Kind of Blue: (1959): John
Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Julian "Cannonball" Adderly on alto saxophone, Bill Evans (Wynton Kelly on Freddie Freeloader) on piano, Paul
Chambers on bass, and Philly
Joe Jones on drums.
Kind of Blue documentary (Part 1) 2:00
* So What (9:00) - (live video w/o Adderly, Evans. Solos: Miles, Trane, Kelly
All Blues (11:30) - solos : Miles, Adderley, Evans
* Flamenco Sketches (9:30) - solos: Miles, Trane, Adderley, Evans, Miles
Freddie Freeloader (9:45) solos: Kelly, Miles, Adderley, Trane
Blue in Green (5:30) - solos: Miles, Evans, Adderley, Miles, Evans
* Modal only - the rest are chords with modes
John Coltrane videos:
John Coltrane Quartet - My Favorite Things (11:00)
Kind of Blue documentary (Part 1) 2:00
* So What (9:00) - (live video w/o Adderly, Evans. Solos: Miles, Trane, Kelly
All Blues (11:30) - solos : Miles, Adderley, Evans
* Flamenco Sketches (9:30) - solos: Miles, Trane, Adderley, Evans, Miles
Freddie Freeloader (9:45) solos: Kelly, Miles, Adderley, Trane
Blue in Green (5:30) - solos: Miles, Evans, Adderley, Miles, Evans
* Modal only - the rest are chords with modes
John Coltrane videos:
John Coltrane Quartet - My Favorite Things (11:00)
John Coltrane Quartet - Afro Blue (7:30)
John Coltrane Quartet - A Love Supreme (12:00)
McCoy Tyner - piano, Jimmy Garrison - bass, Elvin Jones - drums
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