Basic Facts Flashcards
Composer
Miles Davis
Released when?
1959
Style of music
Jazz
What was All Blues recorded on?
A gramophone
How is the fade out at the end achieved?
The gramophone is turned down
How is the fade out at the end achieved?
The gramophone is turned down
Modal Jazz
Modal jazz is jazz that uses musical modes rather than chord progressions as a harmonic framework
What album is All Blues from?
Kind of Blue
Improvisation
Not long before the recording took place Miles Davis gave the players a brief outline of the scales and melodies they would improvise on
The album was recorded with hardly any rehearsal and ‘All blues’ was recorded on the second take
Improvisation
Not long before the recording took place Miles Davis gave the players a brief outline of the scales and melodies they would improvise on
The album was recorded with hardly any rehearsal and ‘All blues’ was recorded on the second take
Why is the music called ‘blues’
Singers would lament their poor situation in life
in the songs they sang
