So What

E291559
jazz composition song

"So What" is a landmark modal jazz composition by Miles Davis, renowned for its iconic bass intro, call-and-response horn lines, and role as the opening track on his influential album Kind of Blue.

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Label Occurrences
So What canonical 3
So What (song) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz composition ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Kind of Blue ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ
composer Miles Davis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuredMusician Bill Evans ⓘ
Cannonball Adderley ⓘ
Jimmy Cobb ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Paul Chambers ⓘ
Wynton Kelly ⓘ
firstStudioAlbumAppearance Kind of Blue ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ
hasBassIntroBy Paul Chambers ⓘ
hasForm head-solos-head ⓘ
hasPianoIntroBy Bill Evans ⓘ
hasTitlePunctuation no question mark ⓘ
influentialOn development of modal jazz ⓘ
instrumentation alto saxophone ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
isJazzStandard true ⓘ
key D Dorian ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length approximately 9 minutes 22 seconds ⓘ
notableFeature call-and-response horn lines ⓘ
iconic bass intro ⓘ
use of modal harmony ⓘ
notableRecording 1959 Kind of Blue version ⓘ
openingTrackOf Kind of Blue ⓘ
partOf Miles Davis discography ⓘ
performer Miles Davis ⓘ
rankedAmong most famous jazz standards ⓘ
recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio ⓘ
recordingDate 1959-03-02 ⓘ
1959-04-22 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1959 ⓘ
sectionKey A section in D Dorian ⓘ
B section in E♭ Dorian ⓘ
structure 32-bar AABA form ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kind of Blue → hasPart → So What ⓘ
Pink → notableWork → So What ⓘ
"So What" music video → title → So What ⓘ
subject surface form: So What (music video)
"So What" music video → associatedSong → So What ⓘ
subject surface form: So What (music video)
this entity surface form: So What (song)