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Kind of Blue album Product Description
Kind of Blue album by Miles Davis was released Jan 01, 2009 on the Columbia/Legacy label. With Birth of the Cool, Miles Davis distilled a new tonal palette for jazz. Kind of Blue music CDs As early as 1954, Davis reacted to the escalating chordal complexity of hard bop by fashioning an evocative blues based on a simple scalar pattern ("Swing Spring"). Kind of Blue was the ultimate fulfillment of this approach, with Davis providing his collaborators little more than outlines for melodies and simple scales for improvisation. By emphasizing the blues and the improvisor's melodic gifts, Kind of Blue precipitated a major stylistic development: modal jazz. Charles Mingus had experimented with pedal points throughout the '50s, and the melodic freedom of Ornette Coleman's Atlantic sides was also predicated on freedom from chord changes. But Kind of Blue was to prove the most influential, enduring work of its kind. There was just such a vibe about these 1959 sessions -- Davis' lyric genius and burgeoning stardom, the innovative voicings and rarefied touch of pianist Bill Evans, the electrifying presence of John Coltrane, and Cannonball Adderley --that some 50-plus years after its initial release, Kind of Blue is still recognized as Davis' point of departure toward jazz's less-explored regions. ...See Full Description
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| This album's for eternity This review is for the 50th aniv edition. I already have this album and bought this edition for the extra tracks on the second disc, original studio takes, original liner notes & the artwork. The second disc n the extra tracks makes it feel like a complete Kind Of Blue session as i feel its music never stops growing. This is a collectors item and needs no review of this all time greatest jazz album ever. By tiwarysandeep (India)  |
| Cool Just really, really cool. By ctimber (Chicago, IL)  |
| Miles, Cannonball, Coltrane. et al. at their best! This is jazz at its best. I can listen to this forever. By mgmalone (San Rafael, CA, USA)  |
| Somewhat Overated This album has always been a bit overated, as the "sound" of it is more of note than the actual music. Trane is at top form, but the mellow music also does not feature one solo by Mr. PC! By phobart (Albany, CA)  |
| Timeless and Ageless My favorite tune on "Kind Of Blue"'is SOWHAT,Blue anD Green grew on me.THis is simply a Conclave of great egos melting into 1.Call and response and all of the African an European influences are on display.Every time I played the ablum that s now a Cd the music becomes something else. By uhuru54 (Springfield, VA) This review is for a different format. |
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