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Kind of Blue 1959

jazz, cool jazz, modal jazz, hard bop 26 min 3 tracks Columbia

Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released on August 17, 1959, by Columbia Records. For this album, Davis led a sextet featuring saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb, with new band pianist Wynton Kelly replacing Evans on "Freddie Freeloader".

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Grave, character-led, earnest and intimate.

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AllMusic5/5 ★
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
Entertainment WeeklyA+
MusicHound Jazz5/5 ★
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings4/4 ★
Pitchfork10/10
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
Sputnikmusic5/5

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Tracks

1So What9:05
2Blue in Green5:29
3All Blues11:34

3 tracks, 26 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Columbia
Released: 1959
Type: Album
Format: Reel-to-reel
Country: US

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