Album guide
Blues on Bach
- Composers
- J.S. Bach; Johann Peter Kellner
- Released
- 1974
- Label
- Atlantic
- Forces
- Piano, Harpsichord, Vibraphone, Quartet
- Personnel
- John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Connie Kay
The five classical adaptations alternate with four newly written blues in B-flat, A, C and B-natural: B–A–C–H in German note names.
One of the supposed Bach pieces has since changed authorship; ‘Don’t Stop This Train’ comes from Johann Peter Kellner’s Fugue in D minor, formerly catalogued as BWV Anh. 180.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Regret?J.S. Bach: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614
- Blues in B FlatOriginal composition
- Rise Up in the MorningJ.S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
- Blues in A MinorOriginal composition
- Precious JoyJ.S. Bach: Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147
- Blues in C MinorOriginal composition
- Don’t Stop This TrainJohann Peter Kellner: Fugue in D minor, BWV Anh. 180
- Blues in H (B)Original composition
- Tears from the ChildrenJ.S. Bach: WTC I, Prelude No. 8 in E-flat minor, BWV 853