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BLUES HEADS (nothing but the blues!) Below are all tunes based on the 12-bar Blues. Have your music ready and watch the music as you listen to the audio references: Rest your mouse over the title link to see the personnel (or click here for a page showing personnel below each link) Dates shown are recording dates, not release dates Tune Title (audio) Composer (concert parts) Concert Key Route 66 (19??) Bobby Troup F Major Au Privave (1951) Charlie Parker F Major Barbados (1949) Charlie Parker F Major Billie's Bounce (1945) Charlie Parker F Major Bloomdido (1950) Charlie Parker Bb Major Blues For Alice (1955) Charlie Parker F Major Now's The Time (19??) Charlie Parker F Major Mumbles (1990) Clark Terry Eb Major The Blues Walk (1955) Clifford Brown Bb Major Sandu (19??) Clifford Brown Eb Major Blue 'N Boogie (Ver.1, 1945), (Ver.2, 1954) Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli Bb Major Trumpet Blues (19??) Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge G Major C Jam Blues (1942) Duke Ellington C Major Birdlike (1961) Freddie Hubbard F Major Blues For Brenda (1960) Freddie Hubbard Bb Minor Dr. Jackle (1955) Jackie McLean F Major Isotope (1964) Joe Henderson C Major Israel (1949) John Carisi D Minor Bass Blues (1957) John Coltrane Ab Major Bessie's Blues (1964) John Coltrane Eb Major Blue Trane (1957) John Coltrane C Minor Chasin' The Train (1961) John Coltrane F Major Cousin Mary (1959) John Coltrane Ab Major Equinox (1960) John Coltrane C# Minor Mr. P.C. (1959) John Coltrane C Minor Some Other Blues (19??) John Coltrane F Major Trane's Blues (1956) John Coltrane Bb Major Blues By Five (1956) Miles Davis Bb Major Vierd Blues (19??) Miles Davis Bb Major Walkin' (19??) Miles Davis F Major Bag's Groove (1954) Milt Jackson F Major Blues in the Closet (1958) Oscar Pettiford G Major (the audio is in G; some books have it in F or Ab) Blue 7 (1956) Sonny Rollins Bb Major Tenor Madness (1956) Sonny Rollins Bb Major Blue Monk (1966 v1), (1966 v2) Thelonious Monk Bb Major The Thumb (19??) Wes Montgomery G Major

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