Kind of Blue

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue One of the greatest albums in jazz - Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue has received innumerable commendations ever since its release in 1959 and has been admired by jazz fans far and wide. Miles Davis and his sterling band that consisted of top performers at that time together brought this masterpiece to the world. This album features Miles Davis on trumpet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Wynton Kelly and Bill Evans on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums(“Kind of Blue”). Five songs are contained in this album with a total length of 45:44(“Kind of Blue”). Side one includes So What, Freddie Freeloader, Blue in Green and Side two includes All Blues and Flamenco Sketches. There is also an alternate take of Flamenco Sketches. Davis took part in the composition of all the tunes. While Blue in Green and Flamenco Sketches were jointly written by he and Bill Evans, the other pieces were written by Davis himself(“Kind of Blue”). Born in a wealthy family in Illinois in 1926, Davis began playing trumpet at the age of 13 and moved to New York City years later to pursue his music dream at Julliard School of Music. However, he chose to quit Julliard and start to play as a professional in the clubs with Coleman Hawkins(“Miles Davis”). Davis managed his…

the twentieth century in America, born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926. Davis’ compositions changed the evolution of Jazz with masterpieces, such as, Kind of Blue in 1959, Sketches of Spain in 1960, and the Bitches Brew in 1969. Kind of Blue won the bestselling album of the year, and is one of the most sought-after recordings as late as 1998. It was the first Jazz album to reach double-platinum, in addition to being a Masterpiece, Kind of Blue brought Jazz into the final years of the bebop…

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all types of music that have stemmed from the very beginning of time and music techniques. Jazz is a genre of music that has changed focus from the strict playing of the music and rhythms to a more free and fun style, giving musicians more freedom to play music how they like and how they choose to when it comes to entertaining audiences. There are two main musicians who are an example of jazz at its finest, and they are Miles Davis and Steve Reich. Miles Davis is an example of a jazz musician…

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called Kind of Blue. Davis’s parents were a big part of his early success, being that his father bought him his first trumpet at the age of 13 and his mother being a music teacher helped Davis express his love for music. By the age of 16 Davis was talented enough to play at local restaurants and bars around the city. Within one year a band called “Blue Devils” recognized Davis’s talent and asked him to join. Right after Miles finished high school in 1944 he moved to New York to study at…