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All Blues
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This article is about the Miles Davis composition. For other uses, see All Blues (disambiguation).
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particularly distinctive feature of the piece is the bass line that repeats through the whole Sere Saas!
piece, except when a V or b VI chord is reached (the 9th and 10th bars of a chorus). Length ass
Further, there is a harmonically similar vamp that is played by the horns (the two eral ee
saxophones inthe case of Kind of Bue) atthe beginning and then (usualy) continued by Compesers) Miss Dave
the piano under any solos that take place. Each chorus is usually separated by a four-bar Producer(s) __Iving Townsend
vamp which acts as an introduction to the next solo/chorus.
While originally an instrumental piece, lyrics were later added by Oscar Brown J.
Personnel {dit}
* Miles Davis — trumpet
* Julian "Cannonball" Adderley — alto saxophone
+ John Coltrane ~ tenor saxophone
+ Bill Evans ~ piano
+ Paul Chambers — double bass
= Jimmy Cobb drums