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1. Paul Chambers' instrument plays the main melody. It was unusual at the time for this instrument to carry the main tune. What instrument does he play? Hint: He is the last person playing at the end of the video.

2. The leader of the quintet, Miles Davis, starts the first solo at about 50 seconds into the video on which instrument?

3. At about 2:40 John Coltrane starts the second solo which begins calm and reserved but becomes stormy and frantic. His instrument is often associated with Jazz. What is this instrument called?

4. At about 4:20 we return to a more relaxed solo given by Wynton Kelly. You'll notice that towards the end of his solo he is intermittently interrupted by the wind players in the ensemble. Which instrument is he playing?

5. Although he does not play a solo, Jimmy Cobb, played an important role keeping the tempo and setting the overall mood on which instruments?


Song: Miles Davis- So what

Answer 1

If this is the tune, then the piano player is not Wynton Kelly but Bill Evans. Wynton Kelly (a blues pianist) only played on Freddie Freeloader, the second piece on Kind of Blue.

1 Paul Chambers: bass

2 Miles Davis: trumpet

3 John Coltrane: tenor saxophone

4 Bill Evans, (not Wynton Kelly): piano

5 Jimmy Cobb: drums

Step-by-step explanation:

This is one of the finest examples of a modal jazz theme (modal jazz = a return to melody) with little chords (Emin7 & Dmin7) that are not harmonically progressive - in the meaning of having to obey to a specific harmonical development. In other words: less chords but more freedom.

Kind of Blue is considered to be the all-time greatest album of jazz, and I certainly agree. History and the unique encounter of 6 (with Wynton 7) tremendously gifted musicians at a specific moment in time - the Bebop storm was loosing momentum and everybody was eager for something less hectic - will never be repeated. Or, as drummer Jimmy Cobb said, ´It must have been made in heaven.'