Solar (composition)

"Solar" (/ˈsoʊlər/ or /soʊˈlɑːr/[citation needed]) is a composition written by Chuck Wayne and later recorded and copyrighted with small alterations by Miles Davis.

"Solar" is considered a blues[1] by most listeners, and the commonly accepted chord structure for this piece[2] is: The first released recording of the piece appeared on Davis's album Miles Davis Quintet in 1954;[citation needed] and then appeared on his album Walkin'.

[3] Probably the best-known version is on pianist Bill Evans's trio album Sunday at the Village Vanguard from 1961.

[7][8] Proof of the suspicions appeared later: in 2012, a Library of Congress archivist revealed that material donated by Wayne's wife the previous year included an unreleased recording of the guitarist playing the tune at a jam session in 1946.

[9] Davis altered the opening, major chord of Wayne's composition by making it minor.