Kind Of Blue

Kind of meh.

Loved the first 90 seconds of So What [stares directly into camera] [slowly raises one eyebrow]

How do you like your noodles, sir - blown, strummed or tinkled? Well here you get a little bit of all of it. Some fast, some slow, all jazzy. Have come to the view that trumpet jazz irritates me least. And on second listen I actually started to ‘get’ this. Each track was definitely different from the others. And I quite like the derivative versions of So What that had its origins here. So… 3 stars.

I can’t rate it 1, because it’s Miles Davis, but JAZZ. DNF.

This is a very influential and important jazz album, and it also happens to be pretty good. In a Silent Way is still my favorite Davis album, but this is probably 2nd. However, I just had Black Saint and the Sinner Lady a couple of days ago, and that album absolutely MOGS both of them. MINGUS #1!!!!! This is still a very good album though... Low 5!

I could smoke a straight pack of cigarettes to this, and I don't smoke

Best album

Really really love this. Could listen to it all day.

Classic.

4.5

Though this was truly lovely, it was not quite what I was craving today. I listened on a walk and the Fall weather was perfect. And continued listening while I worked. I think jazz will always remain background music for me, but because I see this is wildly influential and highly regarded, I’m going to let it breathe and listen again when I’m less distracted.

11/11 Greatest jazz album of all time

Cool, spacious, effortlessly sophisticated modern jazz. Davis’s understated trumpet leads an extraordinary sextet through five beautifully unhurried pieces. Bill Evans’s delicate piano, John Coltrane’s searching saxophone, and Paul Chambers’s fluid bass create an atmosphere of introspection and quiet spontaneity.

Another jazz album I feel I fail to appreciate adequately.

*One of the best jazz albums of all time

I never know how to rate or put thoughts into words when it comes to jazz, but that kind of feels like the point. Playful and mysterious at times. I get why it’s so revered.

Du bon jaaaaz

Fantastic

Disappointingly unsatisfying.

It's just a beautiful album that calms the mind but interests it at the same time, evoking emotion and bringing peace to the day

Nice

5 all the way

I'm not enough expert to rate this precisely, but i can enjoy it and capture why it's so important, I think i'm gonna relisten it at some point but for now it is only a 3 as I didn't get all the subtilities and key point of it.

I wish I could remember how I discovered Kind of Blue, but I can't. As if its always been a part of me. I'm not a huge Jazz fan, but this album is wonderful.

dios mío, éxtasis en mis orejas

Because this is said to be the best jazz record in history I bought it in vinyl few years back. And indeed this is I think the only jazz album I know so far which I can listen to from end to start. I still find jazz very difficult to understand, judge or enjoy. Still I think this is indeed kind of good…

I'll give it five 5s, so 25/5.

Rate: 8/10.

I’m not a great jazz fan but even I can tell this is a classic record. Love the interplay between Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

I want to like Jazz. I feel like I should. When it comes on I get a good feeling and then after about 2 mins I'm bored by it. I'm always impressed by the musicianship but I just can't get my head around it. Maybe I just haven't heard enough to tell the good stuff from the bad. This gets it's mark for the talent more than the music.

Depending on the mood of the day this album is either a 3 star I have in the background, or a 4 star I have on to escape for a little bit.

I do not like jazz but this managed not to annoy me. Still not sold on the general lack of recognisable tunes and some of the sax noodling nearly tipped this to 2 stars but maybe Miles Davis is my kinda cat.

Jazz. So an instant one star but Miles Davis is the best example, so two stars...

One of if not the best and most influential Blues and Brass musicians of all time.

Lovely introduction to blue music, a joy to listen to as i do work

Love how clear all the instruments are very chill! May put on for an outdo party

simple minded, I know, but i kinda need lyrics to fully enjoy a song, but still it was wonderful

The precedent for jazz.

Pretty mid tbh

Kellemes

やっぱりいいですね。 一回聴くだけで、その日はずっと旋律が頭に残っている。シンプルで、音数が少なく洗練されているなと。 シンプルながらもめっちゃかっこいいって思いました。 ジャズについて全然わからないから、楽器がどうとかは無理だしそんなこと言えないけど、めっちゃ好きではある。

Tuesday, 3 November, 2026 Election Day! Blue tsunami! Probably the best jazz record (Love Supreme!)

So iconic and influential

Good album just not a big fan of Freeform jazz

Miles Davis after playing with Dizzy Gillespie had grown tired of playing BeBop. He knew he could continue to play fast but also knew that it was time for him to move on. He started working on this album Kind of Blue and in the process created a whole new kind of jazz: Cool Jazz. This is a landmark album that has two of the greatest jazz players together. John Coltrane was finding his way but the talent is evident and Miles was genius directing who they should play their solos. This is a beautiful album from beginning to end. It’s probably the one album that most everyone knows but its significance is where it fits on this list. I took a music appreciation class and the professor was obsessed with jazz. He was a trumpet player and also obsessed with Miles. I enjoyed talking to him because I learned so much more about how this album changed the direction of jazz at the time. I love this album. It’s just so good and everyone who played on it is second to none.

This is so good, really like the general vibes and I could listen to this 30 times over

I'm way too dumb for this

One of my favorites! Always five stars.

This felt super smooth and classy. The trumpet and saxophone parts especially were really good. I’m not really a jazz person but I definitely enjoyed this and though I don’t really think it’s something I would return to I still think it is quite a good record. 3.447/5

Obvious inclusion for this list but that doesn't diminish the influence or greatness. I far prefer this version of jazz to the some of the fusion abominations that were to follow, maybe that is simplistic taste but ultimately this is enjoyable and taxing for the sake of it. There isn't a track here that I don't like and stands as piece of musical artistry. It's the clichéd go to jazz album but that's for a reason as well, it's great to listen to. 10/10

Yes! This is Miles Davis. Why did you make me listen to In A Silent Way if this was in the queue? I’m still not a jazz guy, but this is oozing pure cool.

I’m not a jazz guy, but it’s hard not to enjoy this. It’s basically a jazz standard as an album. For me that means it’s excellent background music.

Good but also average. 3.5 down

Great Songs: So What, Freddie Freeloader, Blue In Green, Flamenco Sketches Good Songs: All Blues Mid Songs: Bad Songs:

fine

It is a great jazz album and might be the best jazz album of all time. I have to be in the right type of mood to want to listen to jazz and that is not this albums fault, just who I am. 9/10 Top song... Freddie Freeloader

Good listening. All his albums were a pleasure.

Heard about this album A LOT prior to it finally popping up. Heralded as the quintessential, peak jazz album. I feel like maybe I've missed something. It's really good but it did not resonate in that way. One shout out is obviously the horn work is good, but John Coltrane was phenomenal on this. Really good but unfortunately nothing calling me back

So sweet and joyful

loooooooove

simply some very nice, relatively standard jazz. i can absolutely see why it is considered one of the best entry points to the genre, and i heavily respect it, but it didn't quite ,.,., challenge me as a listener; most certainly as a consequence of it's influence, it feels decently formulaic under a modern lens, especially for a jazz record. i suppose i'm just not a huge fan of this then-revolutionary modal style, though maybe i could have been, were i alive during the time it was actually something new.

1/5 Couldn't finish. Every song sounded like the first 5 seconds.

1. So What Almost lofi, minimal Very good rythm and melody Really good - 70 2. Freddie Freeloader Opens with warm melodic brass, groovy bass rythm Transitions to piano leading melody Back to brass at 2:30 Slightly intensifies around 3:20 Around 4:00 drums begin to sporadically increase in punch 4:30 change in brass melody Really great instrumentation Song reaches flow state with groove, rythm and melody Lead melody dies down and bass and piano take over Diminuendos for nice conclusion Really great song - 85 3. Blue in Green Opens with calming piano Relaxed, slightly sombre lead melody Piano more prominent Amazing instrumentation Gorgeous melody Brilliant composition Piano takes over Relaxed, introspective, brooding melody Incredibly calming Amazing song - 95 4. All blues Fast opening Interesting rythm section Overlapping sections Appears to building to something Amazing instrumentation and composition Groovy, upbeat melody starts playing Joyous, proud, delighted sounding Nice accompanying pattern of piano and percussion Yeah this instrumentation is incredible Growing intensity Piano takes lead Cool, melodic playing Diminuendo to conclude Closing melody calls back to beginning with overlapping brass lead and accompaniment Amazing song - 90 5. Flamenco sketches Opens with slow melody and even rhythmic percussion. Swinging rythm piano accompaniment is added. Lead brass melody is wistful, emotional and powerful. Calms down Melody picks back up Warm piano chords Amazing instrumentation and composition once again This is powerful atuff Vibrant soothing brass melody Subtle but effective piano accompaniment Every instrument works to highlight the whole composition Brilliant Piano takes over lead melody Slow and intentional Fantastic bass section Piano builds to enchanting melodic playing Brass lead returns Incredibly satisfying conclusion Really amazing song - 95 First 2 songs I probably underrated

A great jazz record. I’ve really grown to appreciate it more this year and this album is part of the reason why. 4/5

His best. This is the one with Coltrane on sax. This is the one you put on to make your friends think you know about music.

This was great for the right setting and mood but not my everyday thing.

5/5, keine Diskussion. Das wird in 1000 Jahren noch Relevanz haben.

Masterpiece!

A classic.

I just dont like jazz apart from if im in a cocktail bar

calm, relaxing and nostalgic

I got pretty bored but it was nice and calming. The songs idk sounded a bit the same. Maybe slowish jazz isn't really my thing but it was nice no comment. 3/5

Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (1959) Now this album is unique, not because it's good cause it is duhh, and I know a lotta great albums out there but this one it's the only album where i was obsessed with every track even way before i got to listen to it full length. Blue in Green, this one literally you can hear the sax cry, shit speaks to you vocalessly, I knew it when i was entering into Jazz realm, So What, I openly say that this is the best Jazz track, got to it last year, played tf outta it seeing that ensemble of Paul Chambers on double bass, Cannonball on alto sax, Bill Evans the goat my piano idol, John mfkn Coltrane and Jimmy on drums, and Miles as the spearhead, got me wondering whether the first avengers was realeased in 1960. Then Freddie Freeloader, this one I got obssessed in like April-July this shit was masterpiece, it has this countinous feel to So What that makes it so gelling with the former, the sax solos on their was making me lose track of time and finding myself complaining that 9 minutes is not enough for that banger, then last week was All Blues, what can I say for that song bro, the chemistry between the piano the saxs was the best ever, little classical especially Bill's arrangement but subtle, which makes the chemistry with sax solos feel immense, to this day I was praying to god to get this album before the hunger vanish and boy was I fed, 11 minutes not enough too, I'd listen 20 hrs of it, and rn my sixth listen, I mean don't blame me, Flamenco Sketches, good but yet to be obsessed but give it time. Always when I listen to this lp, it scratch that itch ALWAYS, I can only say much but God I'll always love this LP.

For me, this album is the one through which I discovered jazz. It is great.

This shit hits riding the Seoul subway at 8pm

If peeing your pants is cool... This album is exceptional though. I lost all of my notes on this somehow, because the save function doesn't seem to work super well. This is a star-studded cast and the music follows. Won't be a regular listen, but one of the pinnacles of jazz music (and I'm qualified to say that after one trimester of jazz trumpet in high school.)

Now this was awesome. I loved it. The title of the record is perfect. I was expecting full on my baby left me blues. But this was jazz with a hint of the bluest side. Playing was tremendous. I’d listen to this again and again. I even played it in the car on the way to the airport with my wife in it and she didn’t complain. This was great.

Great easy listening jazz - though it's not something I listen to much, so I can't give much of a critical opinion

I'm not remotely qualified to offer an opinion on jazz, I think. Having said that, this is magnificent, and has easily been the most played of all the albums generated so far. Cool and seemingly effortless while being complex and rewarding. I shall have to get myself a copy.

Probably one of the best jazz albums of all time.

that's actually so funny you bring that up bc this is such a good example of the loudness range!

Starting this generator made me realize how much of a weakness I have for a solid jazz album. It was a perfect album for me to put on while I was studying. I have never felt so calm and at peace. I genuinely loved this album!!

Super für Background aber so an dich bisschen langweilig

This is sacrilege but I was a little bit disappointed when I saw Kind of Blue pop up. I’m well aware that it’s considered one of the all time greatest, and it’s clearly very good, but it doesn’t really excite me. Even within the Davis oeuvre, I’d rather listen to Birth of the Cool than this or his later stuff

An absolutely monumental peak. Top five maybe. Effortlessly cool.

Really nice, just less engaging than others.

A lovely album made by extremely talented musicians.

A perennial favourite. Suits any time of day. Any type of mood.

One of the rare Jazz albums I know by heart, which makes sense, since I've listened to it the most. Ironically, it's not even my favourite Miles Davis release. I have a greater appreciation for both In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew, but it's much more appropriate for a background listen than those two. Anyhow, a wonderful album that I always enjoy coming back to. I'm not even going to pretend I know what I'm talking about when it comes to the genre, but I do know that it sounds lovely.

Best Jazz album so far.

Absolutely incredible. I have a soft spot for jazz and blues albeit, not listening it that often. Listened this one while eating breakfast on a rainy day, i surely calms both your mind and soul. This one takes the cake for the blues. And if i were to choose a favorite one, it'd be Flamenco Sketches for sure.

Feels strange getting Miles Davis for the second day in a row. And even stranger that it’s another absolute masterpiece. This was one of the albums, if not the album that got me into jazz, and I will love it forever because of that. All of the musicians are expressing so much emotion through their playing and you get so invested in it. It’s one of those albums that you just can’t stop listening to, it goes on and it stays on for the whole duration. Not to mention how talented all the musicians are. The trumpet and sax specifically are played so unbelievably smoothly when they want but also getting harsher when it’s necessary, very dynamic. Everything is just right, Paul Chambers basslines stay extremely tasteful throughout, the piano is graceful and the drums are right where they need to be. It’s master musicianship. When choosing the best song from this album it has to be Blue In Green. It’s easily one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, it gives you goosebumps, you feel all the emotions that are portrayed through that song however you might interpret them. This albums differs from the previous one on the list (In A Silent Way) massively in terms of the music and emotions displayed, with this album showing a larger spectrum of feelings but in a little less depth. This album is also done acoustically like classic jazz should be, while In A Silent Way is a very early fusion record. This puts both albums in completely different ball parks and I don’t think they can be compared at all even though they were both Miles Davis. Nevertheless both albums are so beautifully made in a way that nobody else could. All the tracks have standout moments that make them special and you really have to hear the whole thing to get the full experience, even if you don’t like jazz I feel like you have to hear this as it’s one of the most important pieces of music. You can at least appreciate the musicians.

Jamais écouté avant. Quelle frustration de sentir confusément qu'on écoute quelque chose de grand, au-delà même de la réputation stellaire de l'album, mais de ne clairement pas avoir les armes pour l'apprécier à sa juste valeur. Après deux écoutes, dont une de nuit plus fructueuse, je perçois l'immense talent des musiciens, la construction d'une structure à travers les improvisations, et j'apprécie l'ambiance mélancolique et contenue de l'ensemble, qui rend l'écoute agréable, quoique flirtant avec l'ennui (sans jamais y tomber vraiment). J'ai bien conscience que le plus gros de l'album m'a échappé, et j'espère pouvoir y revenir après avoir été plus exposé au jazz, et que le génie de Miles Davis m'appartient enfin évident. Top : So What Flop : All Blues

Alright look, this record is fine but I much prefer 60s Miles, particularly when he started to get more into fusion. This is bizarrely difficult for me to get into and it has been for years. I often wonder if I'll ever get it, what with its list of incredible players who I have admiration for in other circles (Adderley, Coltrane and Evans alone on the same record should be a shoe-in), but that day has yet to arrive. It's pleasant and soft to the point of near-boredom.

7/10

It was a family gathering, I was stuffed and sitting on a chair that had the faint smell of wet dog, sitting directly across from the TV that had the smooth jazz radio station setting up the ambience. Blue in Green comes up, completely engulfing my mood and taking me for a ride that would eventually become nostalgic. The memory of that moment was stated enough for somebody to consider gifting me the LP just a year after I got my first record player. It's a cherished part of the collection, with very regular play. As for the project, I asked myself *why* I love this record. I think it feels like a Friday night out with buddies. It's a light mood with the complete disposition of being very serious, which shouldn't happen because everything is chill, but it could. If you read into it enough, it does, it gets curious, complicated, but it's also just another night out with friends. On this generator I've met a fair handful of 5 star jazz albums, but this one is up there with Getz/Gilberto on replay value. It's daring enough to never get boring, but it's also just hanging back with a cigar, overseeing the mood, making sure you're enjoying yourself no matter how much attention you're paying. 4.8/5

Absolute classic. I feel like this is the perfect introduction to jazz. The only problem is that there’s no album quite like it to listen to afterwards. Sublime.

Being a trumpet player myself, Miles Davis is one of the greats. Not just as a trumpet player but as a musician as a whole. I also love that the album was essentially made in less than a day. That truly shows how talented each musician was on this album. There’s something about how jazz in general makes a person feel but with this I could just picture sitting in a cigar bar, smoke filling the room thick and sipping on whiskey or a martini.

Overall: 8/10 One of the best straight up jazz albums I've ever heard. It basically sounds like all the instruments are having one big argument, but they're also so in sync that you just know they're gonna make up by the end of all of it. Fav Song: All Blues

Album #177: Kind of Blue - Miles Davis Genre (W): Modal jazz No singles. I have listened to this album several times. Thoughts?: A perfect album! I love the way it was made and the execution of each take. The improv is the greatest part of this, it’s perfectly artistic. Favorite tracks: All of it!!