Dutch album certifications – Miles Davis – Kind of Blue" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved February 7, 2015. Enter Kind of Blue in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1996 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen". National Recording Preservation Board: Recording Registry: 2002". Library of Congress . Retrieved September 10, 2023. Fisher, Tyler (June 30, 2006). "Miles Davis – Kind of Blue". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved September 10, 2023.

Second, there is another version ( Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue) with "Kind Of Blue" printed on one line on the side B label. Bill Evans wrote in the LP liner notes, "Miles conceived these settings only hours before the recording dates." [8] Evans continued with an introduction concerning the modes used in each composition on the album. " So What" consists of two modes: sixteen measures of the first, followed by eight measures of the second, and then eight again of the first. [8] " Freddie Freeloader" is a standard twelve-bar blues form. " Blue in Green" consists of a ten-measure cycle following a short four-measure introduction. [8] " All Blues" is a twelve-bar blues form in 6 Williams, Richard (2010). The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music. Norton. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-07663-9. If there was ever an album awaiting a high-fidelity, custom-pressed vinyl treatment of the level you now hold in your hands, it is Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue.Tingen, Paul (1999). "The Making of the Complete Bitches Brew Sessions". Miles Beyond . Retrieved September 10, 2023. Palmer, Robert (1997). "Liner Notes to 1997 Reissue". Kind of Blue (CD). New York, NY: Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / Columbia Records. The original LP did not credit a producer. [14] The first release with a producer credit was the 1987 CD, which credited only Macero. [15] However, this was in error; Macero only produced that reissue, not the sessions for the original album. [11] : 195 The 1997 MiniDisc reissue credited both Townsend and Macero, [16] but the subsequent 1997, [17] 1999, [18] 2004, [19] 2008, [20] and 2015 [21] reissues all correctly credit only Townsend. Philip B. Pape. "All About Jazz: Kind of Blue— Review". All About Jazz . Retrieved September 19, 2008. How did Miles himself feel about Kind of Blue? Ironically, he described it as a “failed experiment” in his autobiography, explaining that the album did not fully realize the sounds he had been hearing in his head before the session. Nonetheless, in an 1986 interview, when pianist/journalist Ben Sidran remarked that Kind of Blue is probably the number one jazz record on virtually all the jazz critics’ lists, his sincere answer was short but held a palpable sense of pride: “Isn’t that something.”

George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization". Concept Publishing . Retrieved September 10, 2012. Influenced in part by Evans, who had joined the ensemble in 1958, Davis departed further from his early hard bop style in favor of greater experimentation with musical modes, as on his previous album Milestones (1958). Basing Kind of Blue entirely on modality, he gave each performer a set of scales that encompassed the parameters of their improvisation and style, and consequently more creative freedom with melodies; Coltrane later expanded on this modal approach in his own solo career. Davis, Miles; Jeff Sultanof (2002). Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool Complete Score Book. US: Hal Leonard. pp.2–3. ISBN 0634006827. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012 . Retrieved February 22, 2011. a b "American album certifications – Miles Davis – Kind of Blue". Recording Industry Association of America. History was on the side of Kind of Blue; it was born in 1959, at the peak of the golden age of high-fidelity, featuring innovations in studio equipment (magnetic tape, high-quality condenser microphones), matched by advancements in home audio reproduction (long-player records — LPs; high-end turntables, and other stereo components). Kind of Bluealso benefited from Miles’ being signed to the leading major record company of the day — Columbia Records, a part of the CBS media conglomerate. Columbia had the means and wisdom to invest in cutting edge recording technology, and their own professional recording studio.History was on the side of Kind of Blue; it was born in 1959, at the peak of the golden age of high-fidelity, featuring innovations in studio equipment (magnetic tape, high-quality condenser microphones), matched by advancements in home audio reproduction (long-player records — LPs; high-end turntables, and other stereo components). Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rded.). Virgin Books. p.40. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6. The lasting value of a recorded masterpiece lies not only in the notion of reaching and grasping the music itself, but in using it as a doorway to other pathways. Kind of Blue, it can be argued, earns its accolades less for its continuing sales or critical popularity, and more for its long-serving role as the portal for so many who come to jazz for the first time.

Kind of Blue is more than Miles Davis’s most enduring recording, it’s a testament to Miles’ experimental approach, drastically simplifying modern jazz by returning to melody unlike the chord complexity more often heard at the time. Danish album certifications – Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved February 12, 2020. Every UHQR will be hand inspected upon pressing completion, and only the truly flawless will be allowed to go to market. Kind of Blue also benefited from Miles’ being signed to the leading major record company of the day — Columbia Records, a part of the CBS media conglomerate. Columbia had the means and wisdom to invest in cutting edge recording technology, and their own professional recording studio. Late in his life, from the electric period on, Davis repeatedly disregarded his earlier work, such as the music of Birth of the Cool or Kind of Blue. In Davis's view, remaining static stylistically was the wrong option. [74]

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Since its release on August 17, 1959, [34] Kind of Blue has been regarded by critics as Davis's greatest work. It is his most acclaimed album, and became, along with Davis's 1970 album Bitches Brew, his best-selling record, cementing him as one of the most successful jazz artists in history. [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] Music writer Chris Morris cited Kind of Blue as "the distillation of Davis's art." [40] Cobb said the album "must have been made in heaven". [41] Kahn, Ashley (2001). Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. foreword by Cobb, Jimmy, Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-81067-0. time. "Flamenco Sketches" consists of five scales, which are each played "as long as the soloist wishes until he has completed the series". [8] Andy Mabbett (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. Omnibus Press, 14/15 Berners Street, London. pp.178–179. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.