All Blues

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"All Blues" is a modal jazz composition by Miles Davis, featured on his landmark 1959 album Kind of Blue and known for its relaxed, blues-based groove and innovative use of harmony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz composition
song
albumArtist Miles Davis
associatedWithMovement cool jazz
composer Miles Davis
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresInstrument alto saxophone
double bass
drums
piano
tenor saxophone
trumpet
featuresMusician Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley
Jimmy Cobb
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Paul Chambers
genre jazz
modal jazz
hasImprovisationBasis G mixolydian mode
hasMusicalForm blues
hasNotableFeature extended vamp and ostinato bass line
innovative use of modal harmony over a blues form
prominent use of 6/8 swing feel
hasOpeningInstrument bass
piano
hasStructure 12-bar blues with modal variations
hasStyle relaxed groove
hasTempo medium-slow
hasTimeSignature 6/8
influencedGenre modern jazz
isCanonicalVersionArtist Miles Davis Sextet
isConsidered landmark modal jazz composition
isOnList jazz standards
isTrackNumber 4
key G major
language instrumental
partOfAlbum Kind of Blue
partOfRelease Kind of Blue
surface form: Kind of Blue (original LP)
performer Miles Davis
producer Irving Townsend
Teo Macero
recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
recordingYear 1959
recordLabel Columbia Records
releaseYear 1959
usesHarmonyType blues-based harmony
modal harmony

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Kind of Blue hasPart All Blues