Blue in Green

E291561

"Blue in Green" is a haunting, introspective jazz ballad from Miles Davis's landmark 1959 album *Kind of Blue*, noted for its modal harmony and lyrical trumpet and saxophone interplay.

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Label Occurrences
Blue in Green canonical 2
Blue on Green 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf instrumental ballad ⓘ
jazz composition ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Kind of Blue ⓘ
associatedAlbumType studio album ⓘ
associatedMusicalEra post-bop ⓘ
coComposerAttribution Bill Evans ⓘ
composer Bill Evans ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReputation considered one of the most beautiful jazz ballads ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn development of modal jazz repertoire ⓘ
hasLeadInstrument trumpet ⓘ
hasProminentInstrument alto saxophone ⓘ
piano ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
isStandardIn jazz repertoire ⓘ
keyCharacteristic modal rather than functional harmony ⓘ
language instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ
notableFeature introspective mood ⓘ
lyrical trumpet and saxophone interplay ⓘ
modal harmony ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl LP ⓘ
partOf Kind of Blue ⓘ
performer Bill Evans ⓘ
Cannonball Adderley ⓘ
Jimmy Cobb ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Paul Chambers ⓘ
performerInstrument Bill Evans – piano ⓘ
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone ⓘ
Jimmy Cobb – drums ⓘ
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone ⓘ
Miles Davis – trumpet ⓘ
Paul Chambers – double bass ⓘ
primaryComposerCredit Miles Davis ⓘ
producer Irving Townsend ⓘ
Teo Macero ⓘ
recordedForArtist Miles Davis ⓘ
recordingYear 1959 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1959 ⓘ
style ballad ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
trackPositionOnAlbum third track on Kind of Blue ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Kind of Blue → hasPart → Blue in Green ⓘ
The Tierney Sutton Band → hasAlbum → Blue in Green ⓘ
Doin' Our Thing → hasTrack → Blue in Green ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blue on Green