Product Code: WET30295190
Original price was: $29.00.$17.40Current price is: $17.40.Kind of Blue, released in 1959 on Columbia Records, is Miles Daviss masterpiece and one of the most influential albums in the history of jazz. The record introduced a modal approach to improvisation, emphasizing mood and space over complex chord changes. Joined by an extraordinary ensembleJohn Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy CobbDavis leads with restraint and clarity, creating a sound that feels timeless and effortless. Tracks like So What, Freddie Freeloader, and Blue in Green exemplify the albums purity and balance, each unfolding with calm precision and emotional depth. Kind of Blue represents not only a turning point in Daviss career but also a defining moment for modern music. Its modal framework encouraged new forms of freedom and melodic exploration, influencing generations of jazz, rock, and classical musicians. More than six decades later, the album remains a benchmark for recorded sound and artistic expressionan eternal example of beauty born from simplicity.
Reviews
Kind of Blue is the most perfectly realized and influential album in jazz history. Rolling Stone
Modal jazz begins here. Every note on Kind of Blue feels inevitable, as if it had always existed. Pitchfork
A1 So What
A2 Freddie Freeloader
A3 Blue In Green
B1 All Blues
B2 Flamenco Sketches
