C Jam Blues
by Duke Ellington
Jam Session
KeyC major
GenreJazz
FormTwelve-bar blues
Composed1941 (1941)

"C Jam Blues" is a jazz standard composed in 1942 by Duke Ellington and 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 for being extremely easy to play, with the entire melody featuring only two notes: G and C.

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", with lyrics added by Bill Katts, Bob Thiele and Ruth Roberts.

Recordings

References

  1. "C Jam Blues (1942)". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  2. San Antonio Rose. Tiffany Transcriptions page 351.
  3. Tracey, Ed (18 September 2016). "Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)". Daily Kos. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. "Mulgrew Miller Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. "Recordings". Dave Brubeck Jazz. Retrieved 2020-03-29.



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