https://modestwalrus.com/tags/miles-davis/Recent content in Miles Davis on Modest WalrusHugoen-usSat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/blue-in-green-by-miles-davis/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/blue-in-green-by-miles-davis/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-song">Why I Reacted To This Song</h2> <p>It&rsquo;s one of the quietest, most restrained pieces on <em>Kind of Blue</em> and somehow that&rsquo;s exactly what makes it hit so hard.</p> <h2 id="original-by-artist">Original by Artist</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TLDflhhdPCg?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-song">About This Song</h2> <p>&ldquo;Blue in Green&rdquo; is the third track on Miles Davis&rsquo;s <em>Kind of Blue</em>, recorded March 2, 1959 and released that August. It&rsquo;s a modal jazz ballad built around Davis&rsquo;s muted, languid trumpet and Bill Evans&rsquo;s sophisticated piano voicings, played by Davis, Evans, John Coltrane on tenor sax, Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums; notably, it&rsquo;s the only track on the album without alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. Evans described the piece as a 10-measure circular form following a 4-measure introduction, an unusual length that creates real harmonic tension against a listener&rsquo;s ear trained for the standard 8, 12 or 16-bar jazz phrase.</p>