// Essential Listening

The American jazz cannon brims with brilliance, but if one had to pick the definitive jazz album, most would point to Miles DavisKind of Blue. Beyond being a paragon of its own storied genre, Kind of Blue is undoubtedly one of the greatest works of art of the 20th century. Captained by Davis alongside a dream team of Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb – this album remains revolutionarily inventive. With only the barest sketch of a concept in mind, these seven masters took turns leading the music in directions that defied strict chord progressions – resulting in something immensely cool, romantic, melancholic and melodic. Kind of Blue is the rare, universally-beloved record that earns every bit of hyperbole ever heaped upon it.

Label: Analogue Productions, Columbia, Sony Music Commercial Music Group
Series: UHQR by Analogue Productions
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Numbered, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, 200g, Clarity Vinyl Box Set, Deluxe Edition
Reissued: May 21, 2021 / Original Release: 1959
Genre: Jazz
Style: Modal, Hard Bop

File under: Audiophile Jazz