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About This Track
There are two different compositions entitled “So What” performed by Miles Davis.
Most notable is the version from the classic Miles Davis Album “Kind of Blue”, with personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (alto saxophone), Bill
Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Jimmy Cobb (drums). Recorded March 2, 1959 at Columbia
Studios, New York City. Soloists are (in order): Davis, Coltrane, Adderley, Evans (with horns),
Chambers (final melody). Written by Miles Davis.
This song is one of the first and most famous instances of modal jazz, where the harmony is based on a scale rather than a rapidly changing series of chords. So What’s bass line and melody are based on the D dorian scale, and the only changes are in the “B” section of the song, moving up a half step,
before returning back down. The solos follow this same progression, using D dorian for the first
16 bars, Eb dorian for the next 8 bars, and D dorian again for the last 8.
The lesser known “So What” is from the 1951 album “Conception”, a standard that was also performed by Chubby Jackson featuring Gerry Mulligan in 1950, immediately after Miles’ “Birth of Cool” sessions.
Most notable is the version from the classic Miles Davis Album “Kind of Blue”, with personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (alto saxophone), Bill
Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Jimmy Cobb (drums). Recorded March 2, 1959 at Columbia
Studios, New York City. Soloists are (in order): Davis, Coltrane, Adderley, Evans (with horns),
Chambers (final melody). Written by Miles Davis.
This song is one of the first and most famous instances of modal jazz, where the harmony is based on a scale rather than a rapidly changing series of chords. So What’s bass line and melody are based on the D dorian scale, and the only changes are in the “B” section of the song, moving up a half step,
before returning back down. The solos follow this same progression, using D dorian for the first
16 bars, Eb dorian for the next 8 bars, and D dorian again for the last 8.
The lesser known “So What” is from the 1951 album “Conception”, a standard that was also performed by Chubby Jackson featuring Gerry Mulligan in 1950, immediately after Miles’ “Birth of Cool” sessions.
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Shouts
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antgibbs wrote:
This version is not the one on the Kinda Blue album. I like it, but it is different.
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DonkeyKongJr13 wrote:
you can't fuck with miles
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IgorCampinas wrote:
That feeling when the percussion comes in is indescribable. [4]
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fravog wrote:
A masterpiece !
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MarkoFischer wrote:
If someone has a good jazzstation similar to this song - please contact me. thx
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bu77amusik wrote:
thats what Im talking bout baby!!
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motodoc wrote:
brak slow by wyrazic emocje
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Marjo47 wrote:
classic
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wanderlustatul wrote:
quite possibly the greatest jazz piece ever.
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miltmon wrote:
read the book
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Nakkinak wrote:
That feeling when the percussion comes in is indescribable. [3]
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jclaine wrote:
The dream team of Jazz. This might be one of the greatest jazz songs ever.
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pablo323 wrote:
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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StuartHaden1 wrote:
The greatest jazz piece of all time played by the greatest jazz line up of all time.
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henryqk wrote:
Pura mágica!
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JeffersonBV wrote:
So what?
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appidydafoo wrote:
:)
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jcaulk215 wrote:
Long solos.
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TWILLTEXAS1980 wrote:
This is Jazz at it's best
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MonsterBeatle wrote:
One of the best jazz songs ever
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