Kind Of Blue is the best-selling jazz album of all time. And rightly so, because this album by Miles Davis, with well-known tracks such as So What, All Blues and Blue In Green, contains all the elements that belong to jazz, and then perfectly combined and executed. During the recordings in 1959 Davis had gathered the crème de la crème of jazz musicians around him. First of all, it was pianist
… with his intellectual impressionist solos. Together with Miles he also developed the concept of modal improvisation, which gave the music a unique combination of tension and tranquility. Miles was able to make the most of that calmness in his solos in particular. In contrast, the saxophonists with his bluesy improvisations and with its raw college hard bop. The solid rhythm section of bassist and drummer gave this all an extremely solid groove. For the blues Freddie Freeloader, Bill Evans was exchanged for , another genius move by Miles. Listen Kind Of Blue, and you're a jazz fan. If not, all hope is lost.more
