Broadway Blues (Coleman)

"Broadway Blues" is a jazz/blues composition, composed by Ornette Coleman. It first appeared on his 1968 album New York Is Now!. It was composed in the key of E-flat major.[1] "Broadway Blues" has been cited as a key work in the "Free Jazz" movement which began in the 1960s, a "vehicle" of Coleman's that "offered a freer approach to improvisation than had been used in earlier jazz styles". While the song title features the term blues prominently, the song itself does not employ the twelve-bar chord progression utilized in most blues music.[2]

References

1. The real book. Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. 1 September 2004. p. 60. ISBN 9780634060380.
2. Hellmer, Jeffrey; Lawn, Richard (3 May 2005). Jazz Theory and Practice: For Performers, Arrangers and Composers. Alfred Music. p. 234-236. ISBN 978-1-4574-1068-0.