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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:
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Dates shown are recording dates, not release dates


Tune Title (audio) Composer (Bb parts) Concert Key


C Jam Blues (1942) Duke Ellington C Major
Isotope Joe Henderson C Major


Mr. P.C. (1960) John Coltrane C Minor


Equinox John Coltrane C# Minor


Israel John Carisi D Minor


Bessie's Blues John Coltrane Eb Major
Blue Train John Coltrane Eb Major
Mumbles Clark Terry Eb Major
Sandu Clifford Brown Eb Major


Au Privave Charlie Parker F Major
Bag's Groove (1954) Milt Jackson F Major
Barbados (1949) Charlie Parker F Major
Billie's Bounce Charlie Parker F Major
Birdlike Freddie Hubbard F Major
Blues For Alice Charlie Parker F Major
Chasin' The Train (1961) John Coltrane F Major
Chasin' The Train (1961) John Coltrane F Major
Dr. Jackle (1966) Jackie McLean F Major
Now's The Time Charlie Parker F Major
Route 66 Bobby Troup F Major
Some Other Blues John Coltrane F Major
Walkin' Miles Davis F Major


Blues in the Closet Oscar Pettiford G Major (the audio is in G; some books have it in F or Ab)
The Thumb Wes Montgomery G Major
Trumpet Blues Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge G Major


Bass Blues John Coltrane Ab Major
Cousin Mary John Coltrane Ab Major


Bloomdido (1950) Charlie Parker Bb Major
Blue Monk (1954), 2nd audio ref Thelonious Monk Bb Major
Blue 'N Boogie, Miles Davis ver. Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli Bb Major
Blue Seven Sonny Rollins Bb Major
Blues By Five Miles Davis Bb Major
The Blues Walk Clifford Brown Bb Major
Tenor Madness (1956) Sonny Rollins Bb Major
Trane's Blues (1956) John Coltrane Bb Major
Vierd Blues Miles Davis Bb Major


Blues For Brenda Freddie Hubbard Bb Minor









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