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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074646493526 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: March 25, 1997 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 130 MPN: 64935
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
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Rating: - Kind of blue
I accidentally? ordered the wrong form of the CD, corresponded with Amazon, got prompt and detailed reply, exchanged the item with no trouble.
Rating: - The definition of perfection
If you haven't heard Kind of Blue yet, well, what are you waiting for? Whether you're big into jazz or not, this is an absolutely timeless, flawless album. Every moment is to be savoured. The moods and ... Read More
Rating: - I'd take it on a desert island
Owned this labum for more than 10 years, I love Coltrane (not all), I love Miles (not all), and many others (I recommend Abdullah Ibrahim), but this one is the quintessence, the one I ALWAYS go back to. ... Read More
Rating: - One of the best by Miles Davis
It's hard to pick a best of Miles, but this is definitely one of them
Rating: - Truely jazz's greates masterpiece
Miles Daves sets the stage for cool jazz with this masterpiece. It is truely timeless and as relivent today as ever.
