The Best Kind Of Blue

Considered by many as the greatest piece of jazz ever written Kind Of Blue was a milestone in Miles Davis' career. Recorded on March 2, 1959 Miles had the best in the business working with him on this album. From Cannonball Adderley to John Coletrain to Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. They all made a name for themselves on this album. Its said to be the best jazz selling record of all time and influential to millions of jazz musicians who has listened and learned from it. Listen to it once and you will find out why.
Its hard to describe jazz, you cant really brake it down its just one fluent piece. Its a melting pot of sax, trumpet, drums, piano and what ever other instrument is thrown in. So I cant brake down each piece like I would on other albums. On Kind Of Blue you will just have to drop the needle and be taken away to a jazz club. Smoke fills the air like thick fog and glasses thump the tables like a hammer of sorrow. Getting swept away by Miles is one of the greatest musical experiences a lover of music can experience.
Kind Of Blue influenced a great many of legendary musicians. Duane Allman from the Allman Brothers noted that his soloing in the song "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" comes from Miles and Coltrane, mostly from the Kind Of Blue sessions. Even Richard Wright from Pink Floyd said the chord progression from Kind Of Blue influenced the structure on the intruduction to "Breathe" on their landmark album Dark Side Of The Moon. Even legendary jazz trumpeter/producer Quincy Jones once said that he listens to Kind Of Blue everyday. Pianist Chick Corea once said " its one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but its another thing to create a whole new language of music, which is what Kind Of Blue did." Even rapper Q-Tip recognizes the importance of Kind Of Blue by stating " Its like the Bible you just have one in your house".
In 2002 Kind Of Blue was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library Of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. Rolling Stone magazine selected Kind Of Blue as the 12th greatest album of all time in its list of 500 greatest albums of all time citing that " This painterly masterpiece is one of the most important, influential and popular albums in jazz". Even in 2009 The United States House Of Representatives pass a resolution honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the album and " reaffirming jazz as a national treasure".
Miles Davis really did a huge favor to the music industry in making this album, giving other musicians decades later more drive to make amazing music just like he did. Take this album, pop it on the turntable or cd player or tape deck, whatever you have, and sit back with a nice coffee or tea or whiskey on the rocks and enjoy the smooth jazz of Miles Davis and friends.