Blues in the Closet
Blues in the Closet (aka "Collard Greens And Black-Eye Peas") is a jazz composition by Oscar Pettiford from 1953, which is sometimes also attributed to Harry Babasin .
Blues in the Closet is a riffartig built Blue theme in moderate pace and conventional swing melody. The reef sounds six times in only a slightly different form. According to Hans-Jürgen Schaal , it is reminiscent of "various phrases from compositions and solos by Dexter Gordon , Charlie Parker and Lester Young ."
The piece is considered one of the most famous compositions by Oscar Pettiford; it was first recorded in 1953 by a quintet with two cellos (Pettiford and Babasin), piano, bass and drums.
It developed into a frequently played jazz standard on the Jazz at the Philharmonic tours, where it was played by Stan Getz and Jay Jay Johnson around 1957 , but also in the German post-war jazz scene ( Peter Herbolzheimer , Hans Koller ). Blues in the Closet has also been recorded by Chet Baker , Jaki Byard , Kenny Drew , Tal Farlow , Red Garland , Duke Jordan , Howard McGhee / Teddy Edwards , Horace Parlan , Bud Powell , Toots Thielemans and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson .
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Hans-Jürgen Schaal (Ed.): Jazz standards. The encyclopedia. 3rd, revised edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1414-3 .