So What - Musik

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Miles-Davis - Kind Of Blue

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.