The full quartet arrives for Miles Davis's blues in F, taken at a relaxed 122 BPM that lets the soloists settle into a groove. Jones leads with seven choruses on trumpet, Cohen matches with seven on piano, and bassist Russell Hall adds three choruses. The seventeen combined solo choruses over the twelve-bar form give the nearly eleven-minute performance a laid-back jam session feel. Davis first recorded the tune for his 1961 album Someday My Prince Will Come, where its deceptively simple blues framework showcased his understated approach to improvisation. The title references Davis's playful alternate name for the tune, distinct from the standard blues head 'No Blues.' Following the intimate duo opener, this medium-tempo blues eases the full group into the session with familiar harmonic territory before the more adventurous material that follows, including Fats Waller's waltz and Tadd Dameron's bebop harmony.
