C Jam Blues
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"C Jam Blues" is a jazz standard composed in 1942 by Duke Ellington. One of his most famous pieces,Template:Sfn it has been performed by countless other musicians, such as Dave Grusin, Django Reinhardt, Oscar Peterson, and Charles Mingus.
Background
As the title suggests, the piece follows a twelve-bar blues form in the key of C major. The tune is well known
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A performance typically features several improvised solos. The melody likely originated from the clarinetist Barney Bigard in 1941, but its origin is not perfectly clear.[1]
It was also known as "Duke's Place",[2] with lyrics added by Bill Katts, Bob Thiele and Ruth Roberts.[1]
Notable performances
- The song is performed in the "soundie" Jam Session, produced in 1942. The video depicts a jam session where Ellington begins playing with a double bass before gradually being joined by other members of his band, among them drummer Sonny Greer and trumpeter Rex Stewart.[3]
- Western Swing band leader Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys recorded the song sometime between 1945 and 1947 as part of The Tiffany Transcriptions.[4]Template:Better source
- Bill Doggett recorded a version on his 1958 tribute album Salute to Duke Ellington (King).
- "C Jam Blues" was used by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band as the basis of their song "The Intro and the Outro".[5]
- Mulgrew Miller and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen included the song in their 1999 album The Duets.[6]
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet performed this live at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival; the recording appears in their album Newport 1958.[7][8]
- Tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet performed the song with former President Bill Clinton at his 1993 inaugural ball.[9]
References
Citations
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