Miles Davis

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• INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

THE BEST-SELLING JAZZ ALBUM EVER AND THE MOST IMPORTANT MODERN JAZZ LP!

The music has gotten thick, guys give me tunes and they’re full of chords” declared Miles Davis interviewed on The Jazz Review in 1958, and added: “I can’t play them…I think a movement in jazz is beginning away from the conventional string of chords, and a return to emphasis on melodic rather than harmonic variation. There will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities Nas to what to do with them.” Miles proved his assertion to be true on Kind of Blue (Columbia CS-8163), an album that remains one of the most iconic and influential jazz albums of all time.

PERSONNEL:

• MILES DAVIS, trumpet
• JULIAN “CANNONBALL” ADDERLEY, alto sax
• JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax
• BILL EVANS, piano (on all tracks except 2)
• WYNTON KELLY, piano (on 2 only)
• PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
• JIMMY COBB, drums

New York, Monday, March 2, 1959 (Side A) & Wednesday, April 22, 1959 (Side B).

• (*) BONUS TRACK:
• BILL EVANS, piano; SCOTT LaFARO, bass; MPAUL MOTIAN, drums.
• New York, December 28, 1959.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• 01. SO WHAT
• 02. FREDDIE FREELOADER
• 03. BLUE IN GREEN

• SIDE TWO
• 01. ALL BLUES
• 02. FLAMENCO SKETCHES
• 03. BLUE IN GREEN (*)

• 5 STARS DOWNBEAT
• “This is a remarkable album. Using very simple but effective devices, Miles has constructed an album of extreme beauty and sensitivity. This is the soul of Miles Davis, and it’s a beautiful soul.” -(Don DeMicheal)

• 5 STARS PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ
• “There is no other record with quite the general appeal of Kind of Blue. If you have anything approximating to a jazz collection, you will already have this record. - (Richard Cook & Brian Morton)

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
• “Kind of Blue isn’t merely an artistic highlight for Miles Davis, it’s an album that towers above its peers, a record generally considered as the definitive jazz album. To be reductive, it’s the Citizen Kane of jazz — an accepted work of greatness that’s innovative and entertaining. (Thomas Erlewine)