Most pianists and guitarists, including Bill Evans, like to use diatonic fourth chords when comping. The B section is a half-step up from the A section. It’s an AABA form, using Dorian minor harmony. This is perhaps the first recorded example of modal jazz. It makes sense that Coltrane would steal the changes for his own tune, having cut his teeth in Miles’ band and performing So what regularly. So What has the same changes as John Coltrane’s tune “Impressions,” the latter having a faster tempo and melody. The bass player plays the melody of this tune. That would be an interesting thing to do, since most groups don’t seem to go to that effort. Rolling Stone can hardly be known for paying attention to jazz, and so it’s an amazing testament to Miles’ album that it would rank at all.īill Evans starts this tune out with a nice intro on this tune, but in practice most groups don’t play it exactly like the record. It even made Rolling Stone’s list of top albums (at #12 all-time). It’s one of the most important jazz albums in existence, perhaps the most important. It’s sold over 20 million copies, and still sells about 5,000 copies a week. This jazz standard is the first tune on Miles Davis’ classic record, “Kind of Blue.” It’s the top jazz album of all time as measured by sales.
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