Blue Train (composition)

{{Short description|Jazz standard composed by John Coltrane}}

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"Blue Train" is a 1958 jazz standard composed by John Coltrane. It is the lead track on the album of the same name.{{cite book|last=Thomakos|first=John|title=Drum Set Styles Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdT7OEwsAI0C&pg=PA22|accessdate=June 17, 2013|date=December 28, 2010|publisher=Mel Bay Publications|isbn=978-1-61065-219-3|page=22}} Rather than having either a major or minor quality, it contains both by using an E{{music|flat}}^{7{{music|#}}9} chord, utilizing both the major and minor 3rd.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}