One of two ballads on the recording (the other being "Flamenco Sketches"), it is the only piece on the album which does not feature alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley.
It has long been speculated that pianist Bill Evans wrote "Blue in Green,"[1] even though the LP and most jazz fakebooks credit only Davis with its composition.
The version on Evans's trio album Portrait in Jazz, recorded in late 1959, credits the tune to "Davis-Evans."
[5] The piece has subsequently become a jazz standard and has been recorded by many artists, including Franco Ambrosetti (1965), John McLaughlin (1970), Kevin Eubanks (1982), Art Farmer (1983), Ralph Towner with Gary Burton (1985), Cassandra Wilson (1986, with her own lyrics), Fred Hersch (1986), Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1991), Tierney Sutton (2001, with lyrics by Meredith d'Ambrosio), Kenny Burrell (2003), Eliane Elias (2008), Marian McPartland (2008), Jacky Terrasson (2015), Jack DeJohnette with Ravi Coltrane (2016), and many others.
"Blue in Green" has no catchy hooks or flamboyant interludes, and unless you have earned a chamber music reverence from the audience, you run the risk of losing their attention.