5 Things to Know About the Disputed Authorship of ‘Blue in Green’
- ‘Blue in Green’ first appeared on Miles Davis’s 1959 album Kind of Blue, credited to Davis.
- The Bill Evans Trio’s 1959 album Portrait in Jazz closes with a trio version of the same piece.
- Evans claimed he wrote the composition, not Davis, based on a chord progression he had been developing.
- Davis’s official credit has been challenged by music historians and Evans’s estate, but no legal change has been made.
- The piece’s authorship remains disputed, with no definitive resolution, though Evans’s role is widely acknowledged.