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Kind of Blue
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans
Retail Price (not our price): $11.98
Release Date: 1997-03-25
Manufacturer: Sony
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) 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

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

1) As good as the legend suggests!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I'd been playing jazz piano for eight months before I "discovered" this album. It came into my collection at the right time and really increased and renewed my interest in jazz. I'm not sure how I missed this album for as long as I did. Anyway, there are almost 700 reviews for this CD, so all I'll say is, this is a classic, must, must, MUST have CD, and if you like jazz and for some odd reason don't have this one, you must make it a priority to get this CD before you buy anything else. You will be ecstatic.

2) I promised him I'd change his life   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I promised the man I sent this to as a gift that I would change his life. He kind of laughed it off because "...I don't know if Amazon has anything that can change my life."I asked him to listen to track three, at night, with a glass of really good wine (An Argentine Malbec)- and drift.He did. Life is changed.Thank you.

3) Kinda Timeless   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The muscians: This CD features not only the best in the business at the time (Paul Chambers on bass, Jimmy Cobb on drums, Cannonball Adderly on alto sax, and master blues man Wynton Kelly playing piano on Freddie Freeloader), but some of the best ever (Miles Davis on trumpet, John Coletrain on tenor sax, and Bill Evans on piano). Though Evans had already stopped touring with the group, Davis brough him back for this project because of Evans' impeccable qualifications and experience with the type of music planned for this recording.The songs: The songs include some of the most popular modal jazz standards, such as the iconic So What? (that was so novel that the types of chords used are still called "So What" chords), and the straight-ahead blues number Freddie Freeloader, featuring one of the best blues pianists ever, Wynton Kelly. The other blues number, All Blues, follows a more experimental course that laid the groundwork for Oliver Nelson's classic Blues and the Abstract Truth (also featuring Bill Evans and Paul Chambers).The recording: the recordings are of excellent quality, with pioneering use of artificial reverb that was almost unheard of in jazz at the time. The piano sound is a bit grainy, but not so much as to ruin the recording. There was relatively little rehearsal or planning, other than intros, heads and roadmaps. By all accounts, the muscians had the kind of great day that happens often in live settings, but not so much in the studio.This CD laid the groundwork for years, and even decades, to follow. Many say that this CD is a great "first introduction" to jazz. I'd put it in the top five first CD's to buy, but not at the very top, because it lacks any jazz adaptations of familiar tunes. Buy Kinda Blue and meet the giants on whose shoulders today's best jazz musicians stand.

4) Miles Davis - Kind of Blue   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Very happy that this album was reissued on CD. Ever since I first heard it, as a teen (eons ago), it has been part of my life. This unique contribution to jazz stil says something very special.

5) THE BEST SELLING JAZZ CD   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love Kind of Blue and it is one of my favorite Miles Davis CDs and beyond. It is also one of my favorite albums of all-time. This is one of his calmest albums besides In a Silent Way and my favorite songs are Freddie Freeloader and So What. I like the fact that this is the best selling jazz album of all time too, because Miles is my favorite in jazz. I really would recommend this CD to all rock fans who need to calm down now and then and this is a must-have cd. Go get it today.