29.Jump up ^ Morris, Chris. Davis had made a rare post-1953 sideman appearance in 1958 on Adderley's Somethin' Else album; Evans and Adderley collaborated on the latter's LP Know What I Mean? The Rolling Stone Album Guide 5/5 stars[22] Enter Kind of Blue in the field Keywords. Disc 1: So What; Freddie Freeloader; Blue In Green; All Blues; Flamenco Sketches; Flamenco Sketches (alternate take); Freddie Freeloader (Studio Sequence 1); Freddie Freeloader (False Start); Freddie Freeloader (Studio Sequence 2); So What (Studio Sequence 1); So What (Studio Sequence 2); Blue In Green (Studio Sequence); Flamenco Sketches (Studio Sequence 1); Flamenco Sketches (Studio Sequence 2); All Blues (Studio Sequence). Since its release on August 17, 1959, Kind of Blue has been regarded by critics as Davis's greatest work; it is his most acclaimed album, and has been cited as the best-selling jazz record ever released, despite later claims attributing the achievement to Davis's first gold record Bitches Brew(1970).
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Stupid and Contagious. And it wasn’t just jazz that was impacted by the modal shift. The Davis estate acknowledged Evans' authorship in 2002. 38.Jump up ^ The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
It was recorded earlier that year on March 2 and April 22 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City.
I think a movement in jazz is beginning away from the conventional string of chords... there will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities as to what to do with them. © Francine Winham, In the video Lefevre takes a close look at Davis’ innovative use of modal jazz, which he says “laid the groundwork for the next several decades to come.” He notes how Davis had come from the fast-paced Bebop style of jazz, which used improv atop fast, repeated, chord changes. 12.Jump up ^ Kahn, p. 299b. Pitchfork Media.
Entertainment Weekly. And four years later he was playing on Taj Mahal’s stage. Someone who has mastered the craft for sure, but who also has the blues deep down in his heart and soul. Discography » Kind Of Blue, Label: Columbia Records November 2, 2004. [7] The live album Miles Davis at Newport 1958 documents this band. Evans formed his influential jazz trio with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian; "Cannonball" Adderley fronted popular bands with his brother Nat; Kelly, Chambers and Cobb continued as a touring unit, recording under Kelly's name as well as in support of Coltrane and Wes Montgomery, among others; and Coltrane went on to become one of the most revered and innovative of all jazz musicians. Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music.
Four-track open-reel tape (US only), Columbia CQ 379, as the complete five-track album. Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition. However, the Newport Jazz Festival recording on July 3, 1958, reflects the band in its hard bop conception, the presence of Bill Evans only six weeks into his brief tenure in the Davis band notwithstanding, rather than the modal approach of Kind of Blue. As such a notable work, it’s more than deserving of a deep dive into what makes it so great, which is what YouTube music video essay channel Polyphonic, run by editor and journalist Noah Lefevre, does.In his video, titled Kind of Blue: How Miles Davis Changed Jazz, Lefevre explores how in just five songs, which begins with the classic “So What” and ends with “Flamenco Sketches” Davis and his band—a sextet which included saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, bassist Paul Chambers, pianists Wynton Kelly and Bill Evans, and drummer Jimmy Cobb—they “helped blow the jazz genre wide open.”, Miles Davis during the recording sessions for 'Kind of Blue' at Columbia's 30th Street Studio. Penguin Guide to Jazz 5/5 stars[18] Retrieved August 30, 2008. It was different to the usual jazz underpinning, with its use of lively chord changes. 2. To be reductive, it's the Citizen Kane of jazz -- an accepted work of greatness that's innovative and entertaining.
Review: Kind of Blue. 2001: Top Internet Albums – No. Production was handled by Teo Macero, who had produced Davis's previous two LPs, and Irving Townsend. 6.2 Production
It becomes a challenge to see how melodically innovative you can be.