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The original version, an instrumental by Silver's quintet, was recorded on November 10, 1956. It has become a jazz standard. [1] Silver later wrote lyrics, which were first recorded by Silver's band with Bill Henderson singing in 1958. Mark Murphy recorded another vocal version on his 1962 Riverside album That's How I Love the Blues! [2]
"All Blues" is a jazz composition by Miles Davis first appearing on the influential 1959 album Kind of Blue. It is a twelve-bar blues in 6 8 ; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of seventh chords , with a ♭ VI in the turnaround instead of just the usual V chord.
Blues is a music genre [3] and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. [2] Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture.
A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical, electric, or acoustic guitar. In 20th and 21st century traditional music and popular music such as blues , swing , jazz , jazz fusion , rock and heavy metal , guitar solos often contain virtuoso techniques ...
Blues is a compilation album of blues songs recorded by American singer/songwriter/musician Jimi Hendrix. Compiled by interim Hendrix producer Alan Douglas, it was released April 26, 1994, by MCA Records. The album contains eleven songs recorded by Hendrix between 1966 and 1970, six of which were previously unreleased.
In the United Kingdom, Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center reached position 40 on the official album charts, which contains the summary of digital downloads and physical album sales. In addition, the release positioned itself on number 91 on the download album chart and peaked at number 34 on the physical album sales chart.
"Albatross" is a guitar-based instrumental by Fleetwood Mac, released as a single in November 1968, [7] later featuring on the compilation albums The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK) [8] and English Rose (US). [9] The piece was composed by Peter Green. Kirwan's instrumental "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" was chosen for the B-side in most territories. [7]
Gene Harris (born Eugene Haire, September 1, 1933 – January 16, 2000) was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz. From 1956 to 1970, he played in The Three Sounds trio with bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Bill Dowdy .