Blue Train

Released in 1957 John Coltranes Blue Train soon became a hard bop classic. It is still very much a part of the  Jazz repertoire not only studied by students of jazz but also performed by groups the world over. Presented here is an arrangement I used recently for an open jam session for beginning jazz guitarists at The Music Room in Bexhill.

This hand out has three components. First the chords you will need to know to perform this arrangement followed by the actual song and then a notated solo. I used the solo to help those that felt too self-conscious to improvise and for those more experienced it was used as a sight reading exercise.