The song, written by Yoko Kanno and performed by Seatbelts, has an extensive alto saxophone solo played by Masato Honda, as well as a fill part at the end.
The song is a big band jazz piece in a Latin-infused hard bop style with a rhythm section that combines a double bass and bongo drums.
is primarily an instrumental piece, though it does feature some spoken male vocals (provided by long-time collaborator with Kanno, Tim Jensen) in the introductory portion of the song, thematically jazz in style.
The track appears on the series-related album Cowboy Bebop Vitaminless (カウボーイビバップ ビタミンレス, Kaubōi Bibappu Bitaminresu).
The track "Bad Dog No Biscuits" opens with a cover of the Tom Waits composition "Midtown" before diverting in its interpretation.
Cowboy Bebop No Disc (カウボーイビバップ ノーディスク, Kaubōi Bibappu No Disuku) is the second soundtrack album, which has more stylistic variety than its predecessor, incorporating bluegrass music, heavy metal, Japanese pop, lounge, swing, chorale and scat-singing, among other styles, as well as the usual blues and jazz pieces.
Cowboy Bebop Blue is the third soundtrack album, featuring many vocal pieces including a unique variation of "Ave Maria" performed by Jerzy Knetig and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.
Regarding the album, Cammila Collar of AllMusic wrote: "Of the more than ten discs released in conjunction with Cowboy Bebop, Blue is undoubtedly the best, representing the widest variety of genres.
Mr. Scruff spoke to British magazine Impact of his remix of Cat Blues, telling Andrez Bergen that he chose it "as it was a great, old sounding tune, simple with loads of personality.
[13] The premise of the album is that the CD is a recording of a pirate radio station, and each song is humorously introduced by the DJ (Watanabe), in English.
The Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set includes four regular size CDs, one bonus Mini CD, and a 52-page booklet (in Japanese).
Sean Westergaard of AllMusic gave the boxed set four out of five stars, citing its eclectic blend of genres and an appeal going beyond anime fans to "any adventurous listener", but also mentioned that the spoken dialogue tracks detracted from its accessibility.
The track list for the EP is below; On May 1, 2020, a charity single of The Real Folk Blues was released by Mason Lieberman and Funimation to raise money for COVID-19 relief.
[15] The track features anime, game and music artists including Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts, A-sha Mai Yamane, and Shihori, with cameos by voice-actors Steve Blum and Beau Billingslea.
The single was available as a music video on YouTube,[16] as a stream / download for purchase on Bandcamp[17] and was also a Limited-Edition vinyl with B-side remix.