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Four (composition)

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Released
  
1954

Length
  
4:03

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Prestige

Recorded
  
March 15 and April 3, 1954

Composer(s)
  
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

"Four" is a 1954 jazz standard composed by the American jazz saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and mistakenly, perhaps attributed to jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. It was first recorded in 1954 by Miles Davis and released in 1956 on his album Blue Haze. Jon Hendricks added lyrics to both the head and to Davis' solo.

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Song Form

Four begins with an ascending major second, the composition is a 32 bar ABAC form.

Renditions

The following artists have covered this composition.

  • Miles Davis - Miles Davis Quartet 1954 (1954)
  • Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
  • Ron Affif - Vierd Blues(1993)
  • Gene Ammons - Jamming Hi fi with Gene Ammons (1957)
  • Chet Baker - Chet Baker in Tokyo (1987)
  • Harry Sweets Edison Just Friends: Live at Bubba's Jazz Restaurant (1981)
  • Madeline Eastman Mad About Madeline! (1991)
  • Joe Henderson - Four (1968)
  • Sam Jones - Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection (1988)
  • Phineas Newborn - The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. (1962)
  • Anita O'Day - Complete Anita O'Day Clef/Verve Sessions (2000)
  • Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins & Co 1964 (1964)
  • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Voices in Modern (2011)
  • Mulgrew Miller - From Day to Day (1990).
  • George Benson and Al Jarreau - Givin' It Up (2006)
  • Elizabeth Shepherd Trio - Start To Move (2006)
  • Keith Jarrett - My foolish Heart - Live at Montreux 2001 (2007)

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