CHIMES BLUES - Free Jazz Leadsheet

“chimes blues” was recorded by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band in 1923, during the same landmark sessions that featured a young Louis Armstrong. The recording is notable for its use of chime effects in the piano part, adding a distinctive sonic colour.

The piece follows a blues structure enriched by ensemble interplay and characteristic early-jazz phrasing. Its memorable breaks and collective improvisation have kept it in the repertoire of traditional-jazz groups who value historically rooted material.