Kind of Blue

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I’m writing this during the World Series, I’m not watching because im fuckin mad still that the Dodgers got bounced because of injuries and shit. Consistently rated not just as one of the greatest jazz albums but as one of The greatest musical statements of the 20th century, its 46 minutes of improvisation and sophistication remain peerless. together with Quality Record Pressings, is putting Kind of Blue where it belongs: the Ultra High Quality Record (UHQR) pressed on Clarity Vinyl on a manual Finebilt press with attention paid to every single detail of every single record.

These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. This album showcases Cooper’s theatricality, storytelling prowess, and ability to create an immersive world of horror and fantasy. Only a handful of albums come close to this one, but they still haven’t knocked it from its pinnacle of pure pleasure and excellence. These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the site, you can disable them by changing the settings of your browser but you will not be able to use the site normally.Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. Co-produced by Zev Feldman and David Weiss, the audio was newly transferred from the original 1/4″ tape reels. Honestly this sounds great, and if it was my only experience of this album, I would be perfectly content.

Long held as the jazz album that even non-jazz fans will own, Kind Of Blue not only changed the way people regarded Miles, it changed the very face of music itself. There's also the matter of its status as the most-referenced, and arguably, most important, jazz recording of all-time. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I wonder if my neighbors are growing concerned about me now that I’ve listened to the same album 4 times in a row.

As we set out to make our UHQR series the world's best-sounding vinyl records, we have also used Clarity Vinyl, which is free of any carbon black pigment which might introduce surface noise. Davis played trumpet sublime with his ensemble sextet featuring pianist Bill Evans, drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist Paul Chambers, and saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley with Wyton Kelly playing piano on Freddy the Freeloader. Released on August 17th 1959, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue is widely recognised as one of the most influential jazz records ever produced, with its influence still being heard in music to this day.

The trumpet is shrill, the piano is present and adding some flavor, the percussion percusses, the bass is timely and chill. A first rate orchestra (The Boston Pops), a distinguished conductor (Arthur Fiedler), and a superb pianist (Earl Wild) combine to make this landmark recording something to be treasured.Mastered from the original master tapes, and pressed on 45 RPM LPs at RTI, this sumptuous box set of the often-reissued album is a must for even fans that already possess multiple versions. Long held as the jazz album that even non-jazz fans will own, 'Kind Of Blue' not only changed the way people regarded Miles, it changed the very face of music itself. To be reductive, it's the Citizen Kane of jazz -- an accepted work of greatness that's innovative and entertaining.

Though I have a huge collection of jazz greats, this album remains at the very top of the pile, with its status as the best ever jazz album still securely intact. As Francis Davis points out, and jazz scholars have long noted, at least two numbers (in whole or in part) on Kind of Blue are directly attributable to Evans: his “somber” piano intro to “Flamenco Sketches” (“identical to [Evans’] own ‘Peace Piece,’ which he’d recorded the previous December, together with Leonard Bernstein’s ‘Some Other Time,’ the show tune on whose intervals it was based”); and “Blue in Green” (“which sprang verbatim from his introduction to ‘Alone Together’ on an earlier recording of that standard by Chet Baker”). The 200-gram records will feature the same flat profile that helped to make the original UHQR so desirable. On Disc One, the five titles are presented intact: the first three numbers (“So What,” “Freddie Freeloader,” “Blue in Green”) that were cut on the first day of recording, two three-hour sessions on Monday, March 2, 1959; and the last two numbers (“All Blues,” “Flamenco Sketches”) recorded at the final three-hour session, Wednesday, April 22, 1959.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.