Chords & Changes

Blue Train

Blue Train — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Blue Train was composed by John Coltrane. It dates from 1957. It is in Eb minor, 12 bars long, and in A (12) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Eb minor
Eb7
Ab7
Eb7
Eb7
Ab7
Ab7
Eb7
C7
Fm7
Bb7
Eb7
Eb7

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • John Coltrane — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1975
  • Andrew White — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1981
  • Black & Brown — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2000
  • ViBones — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2012
  • Grant Green — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2012
  • Alex Butterworth — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2016

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Curtis Fuller (trombone) — Blue Train, John Coltrane
    Hard bop · 132 bpm · swing feel
    1985
  • John Coltrane (tenor sax) — Blue Train
    Hard bop · 141 bpm · swing feel
    1985
  • Lee Morgan (trumpet) — Blue Train, John Coltrane
    Hard bop · 134 bpm · swing feel
    1985

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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