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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 C Jam Blues (1942) Duke Ellington C Major Isotope (1964) Joe Henderson C Major Mr. P.C. (1959) John Coltrane C Minor Equinox (1960) John Coltrane C# Minor Israel (1949) John Carisi D Minor Bessie's Blues (1964) John Coltrane Eb Major Blue Trane (1957) John Coltrane C Minor Mumbles (1990) Clark Terry Eb Major Sandu (19??) Clifford Brown Eb Major Au Privave (1951) Charlie Parker F Major Bag's Groove (1954) Milt Jackson F Major Barbados (1949) Charlie Parker F Major Billie's Bounce (1945) Charlie Parker F Major Birdlike (1961) Freddie Hubbard F Major Blues For Alice (1955) Charlie Parker F Major Chasin' The Train (1961) John Coltrane F Major Dr. Jackle (1955) Jackie McLean F Major Now's The Time (19??) Charlie Parker F Major Route 66 (19??) Bobby Troup F Major Some Other Blues (19??) John Coltrane F Major Walkin' (19??) Miles Davis F Major Blues in the Closet (1958) Oscar Pettiford G Major (the audio is in G; some books have it in F or Ab) The Thumb (19??) Wes Montgomery G Major Trumpet Blues (19??) Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge G Major Bass Blues (1957) John Coltrane Ab Major Cousin Mary (1959) John Coltrane Ab Major Bloomdido (1950) Charlie Parker Bb Major Blue Monk (1966 v1), (1966 v2) Thelonious Monk Bb Major Blue 'N Boogie (Ver.1, 1945), (Ver.2, 1954) Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli Bb Major Blue 7 (1956) Sonny Rollins Bb Major Blues By Five (1956) Miles Davis Bb Major The Blues Walk (1955) Clifford Brown Bb Major Tenor Madness (1956) Sonny Rollins Bb Major Trane's Blues (1956) John Coltrane Bb Major Vierd Blues (19??) Miles Davis Bb Major Blues For Brenda (1960) Freddie Hubbard Bb Minor

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