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Kind of magnificent! Kind of Blue has been called the greatest jazz album ever made so often that you're reluctant to believe it. Believe it. Five songs -- "So What," "Freddie Freeloader," "Blue in Green," "All Blues," and "Flamenco Sketches" -- four of them hovering around 10 minutes (taking advantage of the still-recent LP format) , and every one a
masterpiece. Recorded in 1959 at a pivot point in jazz history --improvising over chords was giving way to the album's pioneering use of improvising over scales (or modes), and the abstractions of the '60s
were brewing -- it includes everything good about the past 40 years and presages everything good about the next 40. Cool, calm, and concise, with
some of jazz's most influential figures at their most potent (including Bill Evans, who also wrote the excellent liner notes, John Coltrane, and Cannonball Adderley), Kind of Blue is perfection. The latest reissue has better sound, extra liner notes, and an alternate take of "Flamenco Sketches." All unnecessary.
Product Details
Release Date: | 03/25/1997 |
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Label: | Sony |
UPC: | 0074646493526 |
catalogNumber: | 64935 |
Rank: | 179 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Miles Davis Primary Artist,Trumpet,LeaderCannonball Adderley Alto Saxophone
Bill Evans Piano
Wynton Kelly Piano
Jimmy Cobb Drums
Paul Chambers Bass,Double Bass
John Coltrane Tenor Saxophone
Technical Credits
Bill Evans Composer,Liner Notes,Original Liner NotesSteven Berkowitz Reissue Series
Michael Cuscuna Reissue Producer
Kevin Gore Reissue Series
Nat Hentoff Liner Notes
Larry Keyes Producer
Teo Macero Producer
Fred Plaut Engineer
Irving Townsend Audio Production
Mark Wilder Engineer,Remixing
Cozbi Sanchez-Cabrera Art Direction
Jay Maisel Cover Photo
Randall Martin Reissue Design
Robert Palmer Liner Notes
Jennifer Ebert Packaging Manager
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