Ep. 19 – When The Blues Isn’t Always Blue

Three pieces this week from the collection Aspects of Blue by Alan Bullard, all at an intermediate level. Blue Sky Digital Download Stately Blue Digital Download Blue River Digital Download This week, we dive into Alan Bullard’s Aspects of Blue—a collection that takes the familiar 12-bar blues chord progression and reimagines it in completely unexpected ways. These aren’t blues pieces, but character pieces that use the form as a creative framework. You’ll hear Blue Sky, Stately Blue, and Blue River: three intermediate-level works that explore calm lyricism, Baroque-inspired elegance, and flowing rhythmic interplay. This ain't the blues, but it is wonderfully imaginative.