Blue in Green
Song by Bill Evans and Miles DavisWikipedia
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Search complete. 7 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Blue in Green".
Oct 9, 2026
Harry ForshawHOST
So yeah, had to pay tri- tribute.
Harry ForshawHOST
This one, Blue in Green from Miles Davis' album, Kind of Blue, released in 1959.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[jazz music]
Junior BylesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[jazz music][instrumental music] We came the long way, and I thought you knew.
Tierney SuttonGUEST
It was like Wayne Shorter tunes and, you know, bebop heads by Charlie Parker and things like that.
Tierney SuttonGUEST
And then the second one was a tribute to Bill Evans called Blue in Green with a lot of difficult Bill Evans songs on it.
Tierney SuttonGUEST
And he said, it's good that the musicians love you, but you got to give people, you got to record some songs people have actually heard before.
Tierney SuttonGUEST
And he was right.
SteveHOST
So this is Miles Davis in Kind of Blue.
SteveHOST
The particular song you've gone for is Blue in Green.
Paul HiragaGUEST
Are you a big jazz listener? I used to be more.
Paul HiragaGUEST
I actually was a bit of a jazz bow in my last year of high school.
Paul HiragaGUEST
She was there and obviously went on right after that to do till Tuesday.
Paul HiragaGUEST
So, you know, we didn't all become jazz snobs.
SteveHOST
So the track you've actually gone for is blue in green, other than the fact that it has blue in the title.
SteveHOST
Um, any particular reason behind this choice?
Richard J. PowellGUEST
Um, and, and so I was thinking about, um, and there's the section of the book, um, back to the viridian, um, chapter.
Richard J. PowellGUEST
Um, I mean, there was no way I could avoid Miles Davis' and Bill Evans' "Blue in Green," because this was, this was a song that, um, on that album, Kind of Blue, is, is, is incredibly in tune, in sync with this strange chroma.
Richard J. PowellGUEST
And, um, when you, when you hear it, and particularly when you hear it with other artists performing it, not just Bill Evans and Miles Davis, but, um, Shirley Horn has one of the most fantastic versions of it.
Richard J. PowellGUEST
Go-- You can Spotify it yourself and hear her version of "Blue in Green," where she sings the song and plays it.
Richard J. PowellGUEST
She almost makes it like a bossa nova, you know? Um, so, so I think that in the course of this book, and CT is my witness, I mean, the music was blasting.
Tope FolarinMODERATOR
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Fabio RojasHOST
Um, they each have a flavor that's very distinct, like here's a ballad, here's a blues, here's a modal piece.
Fabio RojasHOST
And each has, and each is like a perfect example of its own identity, right? So like, So What is like the beginning of modal jazz as we know it, right? Um, you know, uh, Blue in Green is like a classic ballad, right? And every track is like a classic example.
Fabio RojasHOST
Uh, All Blues is a g- great example.
Fabio RojasHOST
It's a little funky 'cause it's a 6/8 blues rather than a 4/4 blues.