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Kind of Blue | 
 enlarge | Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy Used: $4.06
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Avg. Customer Rating:  678 reviews
Sales Rank: 196
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 64935
UPC: 074646493526
EAN: 0074646493526
ASIN: B000002ADT
Release Date: March 25, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | So What | | • | Freddie Freeloader | | • | Blue In Green | | • | All Blues | | • | Flamenco Sketches | | • | Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason. The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God's existence), listing John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans (or, on "Freddie Freeloader," Wynton Kelly) on piano, and the crack rhythm unit of Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Coltrane's astringency on tenor is counterpoised to Adderley's funky self on alto, with Davis moderating between them as Bill Evans conjures up a still lake of sound on which they walk. Meanwhile, the rhythm partnership of Cobb and Chambers is prepared to click off time until eternity. It was the key recording of what became modal jazz, a music free of the fixed harmonies and forms of pop songs. In Davis's men's hands it was a weightless music, but one that refused to fade into the background. In retrospect every note seems perfect, and each piece moves inexorably towards its destiny. --John Szwed
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My raving review is almost non-essential! August 1, 2008
I'm not the master of jazz, nor the expert in jazz listening. But this is one of the most recordings in any music library. The all-star lineup on this recording is unbeatable, and the beautiful sound quality makes it a pleasure to listen to.
For the bridging of avant-gard jazz, free jazz, and traditional blues, this masterpiece provides a wealth of historical and stylistic information and musical inspiration.
What else can I say? Get it!
Classic Jazz Album July 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I may not listen too jazz that much(just look at my amazon name) but i know for sure that this CD is one great album. Its completly instrumental jazz masterpiece right here. Miles Davis was a jazz genius this album is just a true classic album and is by far one of the 20 best albums ever realesed. I love this album so buy this cd today if you like any kind of music...
You will be satisfied
Music on a whole.....'nother.....level...... July 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I dabbled in jazz for about 10 years, then bought this disk on its reputation as a seminal album and good for "newbies"- After many many listens, its probably my number one favorite of all time, any genre. The mood is mellow, the structures are simple, but the whole thing is more than the sum of its parts- sublime in the old sense of the word- intelligent, interesting, masterful improvisation by all players. Miles is the man and this IMHO is the album.
Start Here July 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everything that needs to be said about Kind Of Blue, the players and the performances has been said. When I want to turn someone on to the world of jazz that they are missing I send them a copy of this recording. If they can't appreciate what's happening here, their just not ready yet.
I don't know much about jazz, but I'd be more than "Kind of Blue" if I didn't have this CD May 25, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
"Kind of Blue" is described by people who know a lot more about jazz than I do as the definitive jazz CD. It and "Coltrane Plays the Blues" are my two favorites. Just can't beat Miles and the Trane.
Just put it in and leave it on the continuous play feature. It's that good.
Rebecca Kyle, May 2008
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