Ron Drotos: Jazz piano solo and musical/historical discussion of Miles Davis’ “All Blues,” originally recorded on his 1959 album Kind Of Blue.

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“All Blues” was recorded by Miles Davis groups which included pianists Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock 0:00
Wayne Shorter’s approach to playing “All Blues” with his quartet 0:32
Drawing from the whole history of blues music 0:47
Boogie Woogie influence on “All Blues” bass line 0:53
Use of the blues scale on “All Blues” 1:10
Tremolos a la Bill Evans used on Kind of Blue 1:15
Quartal voicings 1:25
Bebop lines 1:30
Pentatonic scales 1:40
Modal soloing 1:51
Varied approaches to interpreting “All Blues” in a solo jazz performance 2:06
An “atmospheric” intro, with rolled chords and quartal voicings 2:32
Easing into the bass line 2:46
Main melody 3:05
Quarter-note triplets 3:24
2nd chorus – more rhythmic and bluesy 3:33
3rd chorus – modal improvisation with some Bill Evans-like tremolos 4:02
Bitonality 4:24
Bluesy chords 4:54
The Blues Scale 5:22
A more expansive feel (for contrast) 5:32
Chromatically-descending voicings 5:38
Developing the Bill Evans tremolos 5:49
Gospel-style triads in 2nd inversion 6:19
Left hand melody under right hand orchestral tremolos 6:44
Improvising a pointillistic texture 6:59
Bringing back the opening bass line 7:07
Reprise of the main melody, with chords underneath and in between phrases 7:40
Further expanding upon the Bill Evans tremolos 8:07
Emphasizing the “2 against 3” jazz waltz rhythmic implications 8:45
An extended coda 9:02
Concluding with the tune’s blues roots 9:26
Imitating wind chimes in a jazz piano context 9:34
A Minor Pentatonic with added F note (similar to Japanese Pentatonic scale) 9:42
Drawing from many approaches to the blues when playing jazz piano 10:01

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