Kind Of Blue

Very nice for listening to whilst reading

An overcast autumn day was the perfect backdrop for listening to this.

Outstanding album which will make you feel cooler just for listening to it. 5/5

Fresh sounding even though it has been around forever. The modal long solos staying in a key for a while make it easily accessible to people who are new to jazz, while being something that seasoned veterans can enjoy.

I mean…one of the greatest jazz albums of all time by one of the greatest jazz musicians with some of the other greatest backing him up? Yeah. It was pretty good.

Meh

Great stuff, especially after reading about its influence and influences. One of those that probably better appreciated with more formal musical training.

A wonderful album throughout its entirety. It's soulful, introspective, and rhythmically astonishing the way all the instruments bounce off each other. It has all qualities of masterfully made album. Simply beautiful. Top 3 Fav: All Blues, Blue in Green, and Flamenco Sketches Top 3 Worst: no bad songs at all 4.50-4.75/5

I don't really love jazz, but this album is an exception. This is some classy shit from a pre-coked out Miles Davis.

I’m kind of blue da ba dee da ba die

I didn’t even notice when it finished and started playing another song by another artist. I’m sure it’s great but it’s just background music to me.

A really lovely jazz album, which is saying something since I’m not fond of jazz.

I hate jazz but this was pretty good (for its genre)

+++++ Jos vihaat tätä iso kyrpä ja based kriitikko

I don’t know enough about jazz to fully appreciate this like others do Favorites: “So What”, “Freddie Freeloader”

So smooth.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️/5

Pure bliss from the first bass note through every modal shift and unhurried deeply expressive solo.

I have no idea what these guys are up to, but they clearly do. Smokin'

3 stars purely because jazz guys know how to treat a bass right. and to be fair it's pretty listenable

I do think this album is a little overrated in terms of raw sound and catchiness – but then, I reckon that's an artifact of (most of) the jazz genre. That being said, Kind Of Blue is fantastic in just about every other way. The talent and virtuosity presented here is insanely good – easily putting it on par with the likes of "rock-equivalents" Led Zeppelin or the Beatles, in the sense that every member of the band is contributing equally interesting, impassioned, and creative parts. In fact, in some ways, Kind Of Blue (and well-played jazz in general) outperforms any kind of rock or pop imaginable. The restraint shown in the rhythm section, and in the horns, is undeniably tasteful. It makes you feel warm, comfortable, sophisticated... And, as other reviewers have mentioned, this music works in any setting. From close listening to a dinner party, from including it in a screenplay to playing it in the background while you seduce that girl you've had a crush on for years. It's pretty versatile. And its influence on both the jazz genre and the wider music scene cannot be understated. For specific tracks: the quirky, high-energy feel of the first two tracks outshines the rest of the album by a decent margin. So What and Freddie Freeloader are by no means overwhelmingly complex, but they're played so goshdarn well – especially the solos, which are simple, elegant, and playful – that you're still sitting there thinking, "Man, I could never come up with that." The trumpet solos in these two pieces, as well as the remaining three, are particular highlights. But then, as I'm relistening to the album, I'm realising that every instrument is a highlight. The bass, the drums, the sax, the piano... Shoot. So, even though it's easy to zone out to this music (and cite boredom as a reason), all the other factors bring this straight up to a 5. Plus, is zoning out really a bad thing? Key tracks: So What, Freddie Freeloader, Blue In Green

Probably the only jazz album I really like. Still not enough to make it to 5*.

Kind of Beige.

kind of noodle

Love this album.

Not my usual jam, songs seemed to all flow into one but first dip into jazz. Was okay, probably wouldn’t play by myself.

First album in a listening project. But this one is in my top ten favorites of all time already.

It was great!

Superb

Como Davis e sua banda criam tensão e resolvem harmonicamente é simplesmente hipnotizante. Embora o som seja suave e introspectivo, há uma energia subjacente que me prende à escuta. A maneira como os solos de saxofone e trompete se entrelaçam, criando uma textura sonora única e hipnótica!

Kind of Blue I’ve tried and failed with Jazz so often, thinking or hoping I’ll like it, and it very rarely connects, including when I’ve tried this album before. However, and maybe as a consequence of doing this list, I feel like I’m becoming more amenable to it. Or it’s that this album is actually so good it transcends the genre and is ultimately just great music. I also think it’s easy to forget that there are good and bad examples of the types of music I love, and why should Jazz be any different. There must be good and bad, and as with any type of music you are not into a bad album can feel representative of the whole. But like my cock Jazz is not a monolith. I don’t know enough about modal jazz and hard bop and all that stuff to comment on the technical expertise and theory of this, but it sounds great to me, in a way that hitherto a lot of Jazz hasn’t. From those opening piano notes on So What to the warm fade out of Flamenco Sketches I didn’t find myself getting agitated or annoyed at all. While the drums and double bass plot out the standard jazz tempos the trumpet had a moving and rather lovely mellifluousness to it; it might jump around a bit, but I never got the stereotypical feelings of pointless parping and dissonance I normally get. I suppose that’s why he’s so highly regarded, he is a fantastic trumpeter (trumpeteer? Trumpetsman? trumpetthem?). And not just the trumpet but also the sax is also great, again I suppose because Cannonball Adderly and John Coltrane are superbly skilled saxpeople. The piano, particularly on the Bill Evans tracks, is absolutely fantastic too, with a lovely lightness to it. It’s hard to really pick out individual tracks as there are only 5 and they all move about musically within the songs while also having the sense of being a musical suite across the whole album. But there are some great moments, the piano on So What, the trumpet right at the end of Freddie Freeload from around 8.54, the melancholy lament of the intro to Blue in Green and it’s overall 3am feeling, the slightly more uptempo smokiness of All Blue and the slightly impressionistic piano on Flamenco Sketches is amazing I can completely see why this has such popularity and critical respect. Like any great musician, the gaps between what he plays makes this great, and the way he can conjure feelings and moods is fantastic. I can see how something like Astral Weeks was so influenced by this, as well as countless other musicians, and not just jazz and jazz adjacent ones, I know a lot of guitarists love this album and also I think Radiohead are big fans (although that be more to do with Bitches Brew) I may be succumbing to the critical hype but I’ll give this 5, I listened to it a couple of times yesterday afternoon and have listened non-stop since about 8.30 this morning, it’s been great to work to. I don’t think I’m a jazz convert by any means, but this is just a great album. 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺 Playlist submission: Flamenco Sketches

Sometimes things are really popular and critically acclaimed for a reason. This is one of those. A great album that everyone should hear.

Incredible

Gorgeous

i liked this a lot, beautifully composed and perfect study/reading/relaxation music

Good jazz album start to finish.

No additional commentary necessary.

Blueish

One of the beautiful, serene, and otherworldly albums ever recorded.

timeless classic

I don’t like jazz.

A pretty good jazz album.

Even in an era of contemporary jazz music that derives influence out of the Drum ‘n’ Bass & Jungle world, or fast and furious fusion chops, you can neither fault nor deny the impact that Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ LP had on the world, let alone jazz music. Not only is it formative in the world of audiophiles looking to expand their musical palette in the jazz world, but also a fundamental for jazz musicians. As a member of Tomorrow’s Warriors, I have the great fortune of playing with my mentor Dr. Gary Crosby OBE (one of the UK’s most revered jazz musicians) of Jazz Jamaica and Jazz Warriors. All of us youngsters want to play those fast licks; tunes that have so many notes and rhythm changes that it hurts! Countdown by John Coltrane, Donna Lee by Charlie Parker. But he’ll always direct us towards the blues. Tunes like Freddie Freeloader, All Blues. It just goes to show how a 70 year old album has stood the test of time.

Miles Davis- Kind Of Blue. my first album looking foward to it!. i feel so calm and boppin my head and feet around following the tunes. even without any lyric i could feel the ryhtm as if they are having a nice and cozy conversation with each other. loving it! Date Listened to : 30/8/2024

Kind of blue? Well, I guess. I do hear a lot of blue notes in this, which is pretty much a given, since it's jazz. And it does invoke a certain sense of melancholy every now and then, which is generally associated with "the blues". And on the album cover the guy is wearing a piece of clothing that is kind of blue. But if I had to pick a color that describes this most closely, I'd have to say it's "Puce". That's the color of a blood engorged flea's stomach, in case you didn't know. Honest! Some describe it as a brownish purple color, which is relevant, because the sounds on this album invoke the same brain waves as purple and brown noise when they are played simultaneously (although the music on the album is much more melodic). This an ingenious approach to music! The brown noise is often used to help people sleep, while purple noise is more suited to calming tinnitus. So, this music lulls you into a relaxed state, meanwhile calming that eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee sound (that you had *just* managed to forget about but seeing that long string of the letter e has reminded you it is still present and louder than ever. Sorry about that). If you listen to this album all the way through (which I must confess I have not, because I find it pretty boring), you'll see what I mean. You'll be asleep and will have forgotten about the you-know-what, which if I mention it will come screaming back at full volume, *especially* if you are asleep. Which I hope you're not at this point - I'd find it somewhat offensive that you fell asleep while reading this. So anyway, let's agree to call this "Kind of Puce" instead, ok?

very very good

Amazing

i've already heard Kind of Blue before taking the wacky 1001 albums challenge and upon relistening my take is unfortunately somewhat similar: i like jazz, and i like cool jazz, but Kind of Blue is so subtle in its progression of the genre that i can't really take as much from it as someone with actual musical education would. i feel like a moron saying this, but avant garde jazz is a bit easier for me to listen to because i know there's something wrong -- there's a loud horn, discordant notes, hour long pieces. when an album is so perfectly normal, it makes it harder to pick out parts of it that i like without treating its artistic expression as simple background noise, and it frustrates me. two years after my first listen, i can appreciate how it sounds a bit more (i still have a woeful lack of jazz education but am familiar with a larger breadth of your straight ahead bop and modal) so i'd say its closer to a 9 than an 8 nowadays. it sounds nice! i just wish i could speak its language!

Anything that needs to be said about this has been said.

Classic

Great. 5

9/10

Mon album de jazz préféré ! La simplicité des thèmes, la musicalité de l'accompagnement, la beauté des improvisations continuent de me toucher après 25 ans. Un vrai plaisir à jouer aussi, quel que soit l'instrument. La walking bass sur So What, les impros modales qui laissent une grande place à la mélodie ... La quintessence de la musique ! =>5/5

Awesome album, no wonder it's the best selling jazz album if all time

esse já tinha ouvido. Muito bom. Excelente.

While consistently good, it doesn’t quite reach the highs he would set on later records.

Honestly quite enjoyed, bit different for me but good vibes

good jazz but also the songs sound samey

Love it so thankful to listen to this after having to hear the black crows the day prior

Good album, great music, legendary all the way around....didn't add a lot to our playlist from the 1001 Experience because it's a front to back lp

Unimpeachable. A perfect record

Lovely, beautiful background music. A bit lounge-y and not distracting at all.

Probably the finest jazz album I’ve ever heard. Jazz is causal listening to me at best, though. 4.3 stars

So good. I might be biased, but there is no finer jazz album IMO.

There is a reason this songs makes so many GOAT conversations

I may give this 4 stars for me personally, as I'm not as much a fan of brass lead instruments like trumpet, but the saxophone parts are great, and the overall composition is amazing. And there is no denying the influence and power of the album.

It’s labeled as a Miles Davis album, but honestly it’s like The Avengers of Jazz on this thing. John Coltrane, Bill Evans…it’s like the dream team up, guys who are/would become established legends themselves. I personally love Bill Evans, I listen to him all the time to calm me down and soothe me, so I was super excited to hear him so heavily featured here. I noticed him interpolating “Peace Pipe” in the final track on this album, it almost took my breath away. This album is beautiful and soothing and fun and just a group of guys who are essentially perfect at what they did showing off. Extremely listenable, I will keep this in my downloaded records and probably listen to it 500 more times.

Perfect for desk work

Easy to listen to. Enjoyable

10/10. It’s cool to listen and picture them playing off each other naturally.

Good album. I liked "So What" the best.

THE jazz album. I also have it on vinyl so today's album was special!

Album 497 of 1001 Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue Rating : 5 / 5 Wonderful album. Rated a little differently than other genres. I just love the horns and this is some of the best.

Miles Davis was already one of the biggest Jazz artist in the late 50's, being named the creator of Cool Jazz but even outside of that he made great albums in genres like Hard Bop and Bebop. But in 1959 he decided to get together with other artists like John Coltrance, Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans to create an album that pushed the sound and possibilities of Jazz like few did before with all orignal compostions and improvs. Since then 'Kind of Blue' became the best selling Jazz album ever and it deserves that. Is it my favourite Jazz album? No. Is it my favourite Miles Davis album? No, it's Nr.3. Is it my favourite 50's album? No, because of "Somethin' Else" by Cannonball Adderley. But it is second place and one of only 4 albums from the 50's that I think are a 10/10 (as of right now). The album opens on 'So What' that introduces the relaxed and cool but interesting and diverse approach this album goes. After a little piano intro it starts the theme that repeats through the song and that is played and improvised around with all the instruments. Every musician has his own parts to showcase their own virtuose playing, being the incredible drums, the complementary piano, the bass, both saxophones and how can you forget Miles Davis on the trumpet. This is a perfect song, a Jazz masterpiece, a piece of art that aged like or even better than wine. Depending on the day, this is my favourites track that the album offers. 'Freddie Freeloader' has a similar but not identical theme at the start of it but once it evolves from that it explodes into another masterpiece of song. It is the only song that does not feature Bill Evans on piano and Wynton Kelly proves that the song does not need him here as he takes full presence in the early parts of the track. From that it goes further in typical Jazz fashion. I love this one a lot but I feel that at a couple of moments it doesn't really hold the tention and interest in the way 'So What' did but even if, it is still magnificent. The albums shortest and probably most famous song 'Blue in Green' that was co-composed by Bill Evans shines even with a shorter length with incredible musicianship and sprawling moments especially with the piano. My "problem" with the song is mainly that due to it being less than 6 minutes long, it can't really achieve the heights and moments of tension that make the songs here so incredibly important and good, even if it has the most emotional and sentimental trumpet solo on the whole album. Miles nailed it perfectly. Side 2 opens with 'All Blues', the albums longest song. Right of the bat, this is my favourite song on the album. The theme at the start is so catchy and throughout the song, every performance works so well and is executed perfectly. I'm not even going to write much because I just want to enjoy the beauty of what is playing right now (this song). But I have to say that I absolutely love the way the theme comes back with the piano and then goes away to give more room for the sax and comes back the moment the sax goes. It's smooth and it's cool and it's just fabolous. The album closes on 'Flamenco Sketches' and the title suggests that Miles has some sort of interest in Flamenco and Sketches... I know that seems a little redundant but one year later he released the album 'Sketches of Spain' in which he combines his Jazz with Classical Spanish Music to create a musical sketch of Spain and in doing so he did dabble into a bit of Flamenco. But that was already in the 60's and here there isn't really anything musically that hints towards that as it isn't much of a Flamenco Jazz piece even if you look deep. This is also the other song co-composed by Bill Evans and in this song one thing is clear: they both work together like Milk and Honey. I do not know how they do it but what they create here is full of moments that work so good together that the moment a sax starts to play, you kind of miss the trumpet. At least that is what I am feeling with the song. But do you know what else I am feeling?, another incredible song. favourites: All Blues, So What, Blue in Green, Freddie Freeloader least favourites: Flamenco Sketches if I HAD to pick Rating: light to decent 10 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

This album is a staple. One of the top's in Jazz. It's a part of everything. Gimme gimme and let me bask in it's presence!

- Ich zitiere jetzt einfach aus meiner letzten Miles Davis Bewertung:- Ich habe langsam das Gefühl, dass ich diesen vielen Jazz-Alben nicht wirklich gerecht werde. Alle lösen bei mir ein ähnliches Gefühl aus und werden dann dementsprechend ähnlich bewertet. So auch hier: - Wieder ein Platte, wo ich zu keiner Zeit des Durchhörens wusste, wo ein Song aufhört oder ein neuer anfängt. War wieder mal eine Gesamt-Experience. Die war aber geil. 3,5/5

- sehr entspannt - perfekte Hintergrundmusik

freddie freeloader more like freddie fazbear late night listening for this one 10/10 legendary jazz

Slay

Listened to this album on Sunday morning at a coffee house, which I think is the correct way to do it. Its nice background music for introspection. Davis's trumpet and the soft piano (Coltrane?) Play well with each other. Its easy to zone out and get carried by the music. Overall- a really nice album. Jazz isnt typically my genre of choice but I can see how this was a very influential jazz album

What a joy to listen to.

Miles Davis' jazz may be brilliant, but sometimes I don't understand it and then it's too exhausting for me. It was the same with this album. I couldn't cope with the first track. I thought the rest of it was really cool. I think I'll listen to it again. 4/5

If you have one jazz album in your collection it should be Miles Davis — Kind of Blue. Ironically enough, I recently got my old MiniDisc player out of storage, and Kind of Blue *IS* my only jazz album. Davis is a genius and is accompanied by greats in their own right on the other instruments. A masterpiece, and the most iconic example of modal jazz improvisation. Where is the six stars button? 😁 5⭐️

Can't do jazz

Buttery smooth jazz. I enjoyed the pacing and the riffing.

Legendary. Just impeccable and hits the door every listen.

Chad jazz

Good jazz

I've already listened to this one, but I'm listening again. I really love this album and it's a great beginner jazz record. #livelaughlovebillevans

"If peeing your pants is cool, I'm Miles Davis." Miles Davis is, indeed, cool. This album has some real legends on it and it doesn't disappoint.

I’ve seen this album being described as background music and I couldn’t agree more. There’s no doubt that this is a classic - the cover is as iconic as the grooves. As I played this walking along the hills, what stood out to me was how it put me deep in thought. I also enjoyed it more than “Birth of Cool” which came up for me not long ago. And while jazz is not a genre that I would go out of my way to listen to, I can clearly see the influence that this record has on the genre.

I get the feeling this is the type of album that you would get more out of if you played an instrument. This just didn't connect with me though.

Smooth jazz horns and piano. A little before my time but thoroughly enjoyable.

Lots of new styles of music have been growing on me lately and jazz is no exception. Miles Davis does jazz so well and it’s clear in this album. He does a good job of creating intimacy and atmosphere in this album, making it an easy listen. Could put this on in the background and enjoy it.

er frekar töff djass. kaffihús og rökkurmyndastemning. ég er frekar hrifinn en er almennt lítið í djassinum. ætla samt að vera kaldur kisi og gefa...

I first picked this up on CD in 2003 in MVC on the way to Herefordshire. It was uni days and I was trying to broaden my horizons. It truly made me fall in love with this type of jazz which I think is 'modal jazz'. There are no stand out tracks it's all just incredible. Reading about all the individuals that played on it and the genius of Miles Davis really is a joy.

Indrani would say 5

Smooth mellows

Not for me

Okay, kind of obvious choice, but this is my favourite jazz album. Davis is an amazing performer and excels on this album. If you are wanting to start listening to jazz you can't go wrong with this as your starter album. 5/5

Chill and cool style jazz

El tipo de álbum (o LP) que puedes dejar de fondo haciendo cualquier otra cosa, o dedicarte a escucharlo meticulosamente. Siento que en ambas situaciones se disfruta igualmente y realmente, nada sobra. El sonido es nítido y la producción no deja que ningún instrumento pase desapercibido, todo se hace notar y se escucha como supongo que Davis quiso que se escuchara. Nunca he sido fanático del Jazz, pero me veo escuchando este LP nuevamente ya sea como acompañamiento a alguna actividad, o simplemente como plato principal. La verdad no logro identificar nada negativo, o que no me guste.

some great jazz played by some jazz greats

Best wind blues I've ever heard, inspired the genre it feels

This is good, and can see what it's important but there is other seminal jazz albums out that that I enjoy more. Still great 4*

It's background music jazz. Just not my thing :-( 2 stars

Kind of Boring. I’m sure this is an important jazz album, but not being a massive jazz fan it just felt self important

Classic jazz.

This seems VERY popular. Can't say it did it for me. I didn't *hate* it, but nor was it the greatest thing since I filled my ears with sliced bread.

Subdued, extremely moody. I think what it lacks in bombast, it makes up in grace and just solid playing. Favorite track: "All Blues"

A nice and simple album with 5 songs, but each was around 10 minutes long (apart from one that was 5 minutes). Overall, nice jazzy experience, so I am happy with this album. I would prefer to have this in the background, instead of actively listening to it, but it was nice.

Did we already do this one? Lol. Maybe I have it so I’ve heard it a lot

Six stellar musicians at the height of their powers. Absolutely deserving of its classic status.

I recognize that this is objectively good, but I do not enjoy jazz

Rollo.

I mean, what can you say? Not the start of Modal Jazz, but certainly it’s perfection, and also one of the heights of recorded music. It’s Modality allows for a combination of complexity and simplicity that seems to heighten the emotions, and makes for an always engaging listening experience. Add in a stellar lineup, who all play off each other’s strengths and sounds, and it makes for genuinely one of the most perfect albums ever

...And so I end the list. Kind of Blue was first suggested on 20th July, 2024. I've been saving it, knowing that I would be finishing on a high note. I can't overstate how good this album is. It's a truly masterful piece of work; sumptuous, melancholic, contemplative - and many other multisyllabic words. Listening to it is divine. I love this album, and I love that it is included in lists like these, because even if you don't like jazz, it's hard to follow any thread of music in the past 60 years that isn't influenced to some degree by this. For a group of truly excellent jazz musicians to come together and just flat out improvise this, and have it come out as such a defining work - it's incomprehensible, almost incomparable. Beggars belief. It almost hurts that such beauty can exist in the world.

Good soup

great musicians, not mine

An absolute classic and a revolution in jazz world by the master of his craft.

Not something I would put on intentionally but still pretty decent to listen to. Overall Jazz isn't really my thing.

Still not my favorite Miles, but we're getting warmer

I am not a huge fan of Jazz, I have some exceptions to that, usually Jazz with vocals. But there is just something special about Miles Davis! I could sit and listen to him play for hours on end. Kind Of Blue is without a doubt one of, if not the, greatest pure Jazz album of all time. Davis and Coltrane together is nothing but pure perfection! 5 stars every single day!

I may not know a ton about jazz but I know when a record sounds good and when music is impactful. This album is front to back both of those things. There really isn’t another album like it. This is the pinnacle of jazz. 9.5/10

Not the biggest fan of jazz, but this was very enjoyable. Not sure if that means it’s good jazz or not.

Fair play, I suppose not necessarily my thing. But you could still tell it’s a man on top of his game. Simpsons: Yes

Actually really enjoyed this. Nice chilled vibes. Maybe I was just in the right mindset at the time, but much better than any other jazz we've had.

This is not the worst album on this list by far, but it's just background music. Could do with some lyrics of the top of it to make it more memorable and mabye earn it some more stars

I just love the motherfucker. Miles, Cannonball, Trane, and Bill Evans are some of my favourite jazz musicians and they come together so perfectly here. Just perfect.

As good as it gets

The gist of most of my jazz reviews before this one came down to "I am not sure I get it but I like it anyway". I'm sure there's plenty I'm missing here, but this album didn't feel that way at all. The first 90 seconds of this really set me up for a wonderful 45 minutes and I didn't feel like I lost the thread at any point.

Plätschert so dahin. Schöne Hintergrundmusik.

I've heard this so many times that I really struggle to really listen fresh now. As a result it mainly gives an extremely relaxed, almost sleepy mood, so I rarely pick it these days. Still deserves 5 stars.

Deluxe Blues, The Bluest Blues, it’s all about the Blues So What Blue in Green Freddie Freeloader All Blues In that order

jazz classic, what more to be said.

I know this album is iconic. So after finding myself zoning out and it fading into the background on my first listen, I figured I had to give it another chance. There's a lot of really cool stuff here. The extended horn and sax solos on "So What", "Freddie Freeloader", and "All Blues" are great. They're also the liveliest songs on the album. The other songs are slower and more mellow, and the album as a whole has a subdued feel (probably where the title comes from). I've never really *disliked* jazz, but I also didn't really *get* the hype. I think I'm starting to see what people mean now. Unfortunately, I just don't know if I'll ever have the attention span to really get into instrumental jazz without it eventually becoming background music. But what I did pay attention to was good stuff. 4/5

Smooth Jazz isn't really my thing. Miles Davis is popular for being a timeless artist, but I just didn't enjoy it–felt like elevator music.

Just beautiful

A great sounding jazz album a minimal sound but very beautiful.

Nice sounds

I don't usually enjoy that type of music so I got bored with it, but the music itself is wonderful and I see the talent.

That’s some smoovvvv jazz

Late night album for real. Watched rodolphe and Aivery (crazy spellings) play slap while listening to the album. Made me get it more. Super cool

Soothing

Not much to add about this classic. A group of amazing musicians being amazing.

Þegar ég byrjaði jazz-fasann minn var ég fljótur að finna þessa plötu og hún er eiginlega go to platan mín fyrir jazzfíling. Ég hef sett hana á og leyft henni að malla í bakgrunninum og ég mun halda því áfram. Algjört meistaraverk sem fær fimm stjörnur. Vúss!

This was a pleasant and easy listen. I typically like my instrumental music a little higher energy but I can't complain at all about this record. I bet it would be even better with a more intentional listen.

Brilliant. I loved how this album moved, ebbed and flowed. Really cool bass lines that keep you grounded, while the trumpet just takes you where you need to be. I listened to this back to back, and probably need to throw it on again for good measure.

This is desert island album for me. Countless times listened. Super accessible for non jazz people. Simply Beautiful. 5+

Was fighting to not fall asleep while listening to this. But it's very good for jazz.

A timeless beauty and one of the most important and most influential records ever. There is nothing I do not like about this. Gorgeous. And frankly, any Mingus household should love this too, unless they never understood Mingus. Calling this elevator music simply discredits the listener as a bore, because they are not about music. They potentially drive a Benz that eats up half their income and think that an expensive car sound system is what music is about.

Épico y suave álbum del mejor blues

I mistakenly put this album on repeat and didn’t even notice until 2-1/2 hours. Would do again.

I always enjoy chilling out to this album, teasing apart the subtle conversations the instruments are having. Kirk Hamilton has a great deep dive at https://strongsongspodcast.com/episode/so-what-by-miles-davis Absolutely worth listening to for a deeper appreciation of this album!

Yeah, I can't say anything bad about this album. All the reviews say what's good about it far better than I. 5 stars.

Hard to give this anything other than 5 stars, but I can't recall a single track and it lacked standout moments...

The perfect blues record. If you explore the blues, make this record be in your top 5 of all time.

Lovely. Classic jazz sounds, not jarring.

01) So What - 5,5 02) Freddie Freeloader - 4,5 03) Blue In Green - 6,0 04) All Blues - 5,0 05) Flamenco Sketches - 4,5 TOTAL: 5,10 (51/100) Current ranking: 210/224 Miles Davis got the lowest score from me for his "Bitches Brew" album, so I'm curious how he'll do on the resit exam. I repeat, I am aware of the fact that Miles Davis is one of the greatest jazz musicians, and that this album is considered one of the best albums of all time (in 2003 and 2012 it was ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the rating descended to number 31 in Rolling Stone's revised list in 2020), but I simply don't understand the appeal of jazz. I hate that genre, and I don't like this album. It's so boring and annoying. But still, it seems less irritating than "Bitches Brew", I even kind of like "Blue In Green". Sit down Miles, here's your two stars.

blues and jazz. not my jam, but good.

A jazz masterpiece

So, we all know who Miles Davis is, and we all know he’s one of the best musicians out there, but that doesn’t mean we’re all familiar with his music. Unfortunately, I’m one of those people. I’ve played random albums from him here and there, but always as background music, so none of it really absorbed. When it comes to “Kind of Blue,” the music is more on the relaxed side, and it definitely seems influenced by a few different genres. What really caught my attention was all the big names of musicians he had with him. This album is definitely a classic piece of work simply based on all the top shelf musicians he had on this recording.

This is the music that I can listen to in the background to unwind and chill out. This is the music I can listen to in a crowded cafe sipping hot coffee. This is the music I can listen to really pay attention and enjoy the beauty of the medium of sound. This is the music I can have sensual sex to. This is the music I can listen to when I am sad. This is the music I can listen to when I'm filled with joy. This is the music I can listen to when I don't want to listen to music. This is the music I can listen to.... Favourite piece: All Blues

This is better jazz than the last one.

I don’t love jazz but this was great. Pretty sure I listened to this during my “Jazz for Non-Music Majors” class I took in college to fulfill my artistic experience requirement.

Hadn’t listened to this in a long time. Lovely stuff. Listened on the plane from Chicago to Hartford, which was weirdly fun. Always liked Miles better than Coltrane, but John’s sax playing here is really nice. Especially love Bill Evans’ piano work throughout. Need to listen to more Miles.

One of the best and most influential jazz records of all time. Amazing record.

Magical.

Jazz

''Kind of Blue'' was een historisch keerpunt zoals de val van de muur. En zoals we al vaker hebben ervaren in de generator, komt dit sleutelmoment in de jazzwereld voor een groot deel op het conto van de heer Davis. De plaat leidt eigenhandig de post-bop movement in, waarin zelfimprovisatie de bovenhand nam. Dit hoor je goed in nummers als 'So What' en 'All Blues', die nog wel een dominante 'tonal chord' (de vertaling is vreselijk) hebben, maar dat deze voortdurend wordt bijgestaan door elkaar overtreffende improvisatiedelen. En man man man, wat is het resultaat smooth as fuck. En noem een instrument dat beter klinkt dan Miles' trompet in 1959. De plaat begint met mogelijk Miles' bekendste creatie, 'So What', met een melodielijn die zelfs voor de grootste jazz-leek herkenbaar kan zijn. Het zet direct de toon, want die compositie laat alle elementen horen waar de post-bop generatie op zou teren. De legendarische chord-progressie zou een ruggengraat worden voor later werk van mannen als Coltrane, die naast een dominante rol vertolkt te hebben op dit album ook gewoon goed aantekeningen heeft gemaakt. Toch moeten mijn favoriete momenten nog komen. Na het niet zo boeiende 'Freddie Freeloader' (los van het sterke pianospel van Wynton Kelly, die ook even mocht van de baas Bill Evans), was het tijd om je even helemaal onder te dompelen in een warm bad genaamd 'Blue In Green'. Zachter dan zijde, en sensueler dan suède. Het is één van de vele gloriemomenten van Bill Evans, wat voor mij de absolute ster van dit album is. Elke noot komt nog lekkerder binnen dan de vorige. En die vorm neemt hij ook mee in die andere fabelachtige compositie, 'Flamenco Sketches'. Het zijn de twee songs waar Miles zijn pen deelde met Evans, die er voor mij bovenuit springen. Deze afsluiter raakt de sweet spot tussen zoet en zuur, waar een mysterieuze en onheilspellende melodielijn soms opdoemt in een overwegend zachtaardig nummer. Een briljant einde van een even briljante plaat, die alleen tijdens 'Freddie Freeloader' en 'All Blues' even capituleert. Een album die in de kast zou moeten liggen van ieder zichzelf respecterend muziekliefhebber, als een historisch artefact, maar ook zeker als dé perfecte compagnon voor een goed diner. 9/10 Highlights: So What Blue in Green Flamenco Sketches

Wat is een Kind of Blue toch een verbluffend goeie plaat. De trompet solo's van Miles zijn ongeëvenaard en de toch complexe jazz wordt wordt subtiel en super toegankelijk gebracht. Ijzersterk 9/10 Highlights Kind of Blue Blue in Green

(Uneducated/insulting review coming up) I mean all in all it’s like listening to The Who really. The backing rhythm section are great but the Flash Harrys who get their instruments turned up in the mix are just kind of annoying. Given I’m nearly 50yrs old, I think I’m just genetically disposed to dislike trumpets/sax etc in jazz.

This album is definitely a gateway jazz drug for many. Haven't listened to for a while but what a start and what a line up. I just feel hipper listening to it and whilst it never puts you in a good mood, it feels like you are going somewhere. I imagine in 59 this was a bit of a game changer. Those lucky baby boomers, they got jobs for life, cheap houses and final salary pensions. You can't really give such a influential album less than full marks

The blues at its absolute classiest; jazz at its very most captivating and essential. I’d give this one to extra-terrestrials who were coming to explode our planet and then just shrug my shoulders.

Una vaina así iq no habrá nadie mejor que yo y mi banda, seré estudiado por generaciones de lo importante que fui para la música y la cultura type shit, 10/10 con sabor a 11/10 mejor que el sexo.

Otro de esos míticos 10/10 mejor que el sexo

I don't even need to listen to it again (but I will!) 5 stars. Great album! Love playing songs off this one.

Very very good

This is quite possibly my favorite jazz album

Blue

Ja typisch Miles David. Heerlijke achtergrondmuziek

Oh joy! More Jazz. I've never got the point of this style of Jazz.

Had this within 4 days of A Love Supreme, which I'm much more familiar with. It's excellent stuff, but almost too mellow to warrant an immediate replay and 5 stars

Just a few outrageously talented bros passing round the talking stick

Excellent, really surprised at how much I enjoyed it

This was surprisingly OK. I generally don't care for jazz but this was relaxed, laidback and pleasant to listen to. Not music I will search out in the future but should it come up unexpected I won't be turning it off.

Great, but not my style lol

Forever will remind me of GCSE music

Yeah it's jazz

real nice for studying

Good listen Standout song: Freddie Freeloader

Locker

Enjoying this a lot! Good for chilling out to and vibing. Maybe jazz isn't so bad.

The "Dark Side of the Moon" for jazz. Iconic album, amazing music, but for my "jazz ignorance", not a perfect record altogether. Bonus points for including the Dream Team 1992 equivalent of jazz musicians across all instruments.

schee <3 konstanz

One of the best jazz albums of all time. 5/5

Yes

Ooft Ooft Ooft That is all

This has made me enjoy jazz’

Quite possibly the perfect album

There are no words. So good.

such a classic go-to

4.5

This is my kind of jazz

Objectively amazing 9/10

Masterpiece, quintessential jazz.

5 jazz masterpiece

fellow music appreciator @sam_paquette_81 recently reviewed “Kind Of Blue” where his experience reflected my own: getting the album on reputation, not putting a whole lot of focus on it and then, after some research of who these legends where and why they were legends, realizing what is spinning feet away from you. To quote directly, “reflecting on this makes you understand the importance of this record, they had the most stellar line-up. Miles’ songs were some of the most amazing backbone for each of them to bring their flavor to make this record a timeless classic. I could go on...but I’d prefer to drop the needle and be transported...”. I can’t say it better.

What a classic! I absolutely adore this album. I just feel cool putting it on. I'm sure this album spawned a million lesser jazz albums and is probably almost a stereotype now. I can imagine this was a breakthrough in 1959 and still holds up 65 years later. I always feel more relaxed after listening to this album.

Peak jazz. Still not a genre I seek out but I suppose this would be as good a record as any if/when I do.

Oh my fuck jazz is boring. It all sounds like elevator hold music. And Miles Davis' music in particular drives me nuts. I know the dude revolutionized jazz, but a trumpet has to be the most annoying sounding instrument ever. Even moreso than bagpipes. This whole album just kind of ran together for me, and I can't really say there was a stand out track on it. It was all just a monotonous jumble of piano, rat a tat drums, and brass instruments. I may have dozed off a few times throughout, but how would you know... Overall, much better than Bitches Brew, but still so far out of my wheelhouse. May be ok as background music in a fancy restaurant, but I would never just sit and listen to a jazz record..... Ever..... Favourite songs: All Blues Least favourite songs: I don't really know.... It all sounded the same, and I didn't really care for any of it. 2/5...i mean, the artists have talent, that's for sure, but it's just so dry...

Enig med Claus i at det er ret uprætentiøst selvom det er et Stort Værk (tm). Bare skønt at lytte til

"hvad mener du med at jazz er underrepræsenteret i den her bog, vi har både Kind of Blue OG en masse Barry Adamson plader" * ikke en kritik af Kind of Blue! det er en fantastisk plade!

God jazz! Føles ikke så fis-fornemt, som man måske nogen gange for indtryk af... Måske af uvidenhed indenfor genren...

8/10

Probably the best jazz, but still don't love jazz

The music is great but the mood is too pensive to enjoy without the proper frame of mind and a more adequate setting than a busy workday. I can see why it's such a famous album though, it has a ton of feeling and just mastery of making the kind of music that makes the mind wanna swim.

Tunes from heaven

Love me some jazz, especially Miles Davis. He's another artist that I got into thanks to my parents’ CD collection. They have a compilation of his that includes "So What" from this album, which is a fantastic song. All the solos on "Flamenco Sketches" are so beautiful too. This album has a powerful lineup: Miles Davis on trumpet of course, Cannonball Adderley on alto sax, John Coltrane on tenor sax, Bill Evans on piano, etc. I have his albums Round About Midnight on vinyl and Bitches Brew on CD, I need to pick this one up.

I’m biased bc this vinyl was always hanging in my high school band room and I listened to it the first time I did acid

Miles Davis, Coltrane, and Cannonball Adderley are all the goats at their respective instruments so it was cool to see them team up. This was like the Avengers of 20th century jazz music in a sense. Sometimes I prefer more upbeat and lively jazz music, but I must respect the craft here. Every song was very moody and spacious and each instrument had a beautiful tone. Fav Tunes Blue in Green Flamenco Sketches

Bão, fiz trabalho da faculdade com esse album de fundo, é uma boa experiência

This was pretty good, I liked the first few songs more than the last. The first two felt almost like a conversation and provided good, relaxing background listening.

An anytime kind of album. Cleaning, cooking, great for being alone with your thoughts. It'll take you on a jazzy journey.

Miles again… automatic 5 stars.

- Exactly what I thought it would be - Jazz style piano will always have my heart - If you want an album to get you into jazz I think this would be the one- it doesn’t have the complications and technicalities that some jazz does- this is straight and enjoyable. - Flamenco sketches- moody, more emphasis on melody than the rhythmic section on this one.

I have listened a billion times and studied this with several people and it endlessly has things to listen to. I'm not one for simply agreeing that a greatest album is a greatest album but if you actually like jazz and listen to a fair amount, it's so easy to find yourself continuously coming back to this album and losing yourself in the sound. The combination of musicians puts all of my favourite's into one room together and lets them explore an avenue of jazz that was largely untouched at the time. One of the greatest feats you can undertake as an artist is serving a regular music listening audience a piece that's in an odd meter, mode, or scale, and have it be digested as though it were nothing out of the ordinary. The players on this album weren't exploring modal jazz because they wanted to be cool (haha) and unique, they were doing it to chase after textures and sounds they hadn't had a proper chance to explore in tandem with a record-buying public yet. And all of these great minds and conflicting personalities, the dark and brooding Coltrane, the in-your-face, joyous Adderly, and the soft-touched and spoken, sparse, almost clinical Evans all come together with this want to truly and thoroughly explore an area of the world they inhabit as much as they can, and it shows. The chemistry and the sound come together to create something that, in jazz, is usually left to the wind and those standing directly in front of the musicians. By virtue of the music being improvised andchanging every time it's played, moments like this a rarely caught in such quality in the jazz world and holy fuck am I glad this one was.

"Kind of Blue" is a studio album by American jazz trumpter and composer Miles Davis. The music of this album was a departure from his earlier hard bop as he experimented with musical modes where he gave each performer a set of scales that encompassed the parameters of their improvisation and style. One day I hope to completely understand that but I was able to follow...somewhat. The sextet on this album included Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Julian "Cannonball Adderly (alto sax), Bill Evans/Winton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Jimmy Cobb (drums). Woah, quite the band. This album is considered Davis' masterpiece and one of the best albums of all time. It did well commercially htting #3 in the US. And, in 2002, it was inducted by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry for its artistc significance. A melancholy-sounding Bill Evans' piano begins "So What." No, this is not a Ministry song. The other instruments come one at a time following similar notes. The horns take turns on solos and then back to the piano. There is a back and forth between the instruments. "Freddie Freeloader" has the horns upfront with the drum beat. Wynton Kelly is on the piano. The horns take turns with their improvisation solos. Bill Evans was credited with co-writing "Blue in Green" and the piano is prominent in this song. It's a ballad being both melancholic and subtle. "All Blues" has shifting drums and repeating bassline. A trebly piano. The horns play in unison and there's a piano solo. "Flamenco Sketches" is another ballad. This is soft sounding. Some fantastic sax solos in this one. This album is smooth and relaxing. There is a lot of excellent horn and piano solos. At times, you clearly hear them play off each other. No part of this album is "busy." I am by no means a jazz expert but the music is both complex with all the virtuosos and simple in that music is given space; there's no one playing over anyone else. This is obviously a great album that everyone needs to hear.

adore, adore, adore. just true love.

This is going to be a super unfair 4. There's absolutely nothing wrong or suboptimal about any part of this album or performance, but it's just so smooth that it ends up melting into somewhat boring for me.

I took a trip down memory lane when I Kind Of Blue was the soundtrack to a London summer, when the album cropped up on the list. So much talent on that record.

It's the perfect album by the best jazz musician to ever do it.

Beautiful.

Jazz

Bardzo piękne. Nienachalna gra instrumentów pokazująca kunszt autorów. 5/5

The only jazz album I have ever bought. You can’t help but feeling good listening to this album.

Giving this anything less than 5 would be wrong. So, 3 it is then

from a musicianship standpoint, you do not get better than this. miles, trane, cannonball, and evans all on the same record should rightfully be praised. some of the greatest to ever do it. and as such, the musicianship on this is incredible. my problem with this album is purely a me thing - i really don't like cool jazz. i much prefer miles' bebop stuff. cool jazz just doesn't do it for me. i, quite frankly, find it a bit boring. so despite the classic songs, the incredible playing, and the all-timer status, i actually really didn't enjoy myself listening to this a whole lot. once again, i admit, this is fully a me thing. if you love this, go off kings. it's just not for me.

Some fun to be had here but I'm just not a jazzy boi

Very pleasant. I don’t feel qualified to comment more than that on a jazz album

Not used to listening to jazz at all. Can't really distinguish between tracks, but listening through I managed to really get into it. Last track (Flamenco Sketches) might be my favourite, but that might be because they all blended together. 4/4.5 as I'm not used to jazz, should be a 5 in terms of overall significance.

Too quiet for me. A perfect music but only for some moments...

The ultimate and ideal datum point of Jazz. Start listening to post war Jazz here. If you get into this when you are young, you have effectively won the lottery, there is a huge world of amazing jazz out there leading to and from this. If not, don't worry. There's time.

This is about as good as jazz gets for me. 3.75

First time I've listen to Miles Davis and I'm impressed. Haven't heard much jazz before but it's easy to see why this is considered to be the greatest jazz album of all time.

Nice jazz album, great for both deep active listening or background dinner music.

I’ve spent the last 5 days having my brain rattled by theme parks so some jazz is a lovely and needed come down. Favourite track: So What.

Þetta er jazzplatan, með ákveðnum greini. Stórkostleg í alla staði. Öll lögin eftirminnileg og sérstök, en um leið klassískur og heildstæður hljóðheimur. Bara æði.

Jazz is just too un emotional for me. I respect it but I can’t get through an album of it.

I don’t have much to say except it’s a great jazz album! Hopefully, I return to it.

Wenn es das beste Jazz Album aller Zeiten ist...

I like this more than other Miles Davis albums that I’ve heard. This one is less experimental and freeform. Much more accessible to me.

Supposedly the greatest jazz album ever. While I thought it was really good I just don’t have the genre understanding to know if that’s true. The musicians are all clearly masters of their instruments and a coherent vibe is created throughout. I’m caught between a 4 and a 5 here.

Painful

Definitely some high quality music but not really my style

One of the great jazz albums.

I mean, Miles Davis _AND_ John Coltrane? This can't be lower than a 4 just for the two of them alone. Unless you are not a jazz fan at all. Then why would you want to listen to this anyway? I feel there is a bit of sameness between the first two tracks, but that's probably quibbling. Most of the songs from this era have a similar feel: intro the theme, everyone solos, bring back the theme. But man, what those solos are here. Every single performer: Adderley, Davis, Coltrane, Evans, Chambers on bass and Cobb on drums... ALL firing on all cylinders. Quintessential jazz. Love listening to this one every so often, probably should listen to it more.

I've listened to 700+ albums on this list and hundreds or thousands more on my own. I feel like I know more than the average bear and like I've given some on point insight about albums. But an album like this makes me feel sheepish because I still don't understand jazz. It may be the greatest jazz album of all time, so they say, and I couldn't pick it out of a police lineup. It's good but I can't pretend to say I listened to it and thought 5-star. Davis and his trumpet have some standout moments (Blue in Green might have been my favorite song overall for his work) but I also really took notice of the piano work (starts of Freddie Freeloader and All Blues were quite cool - I guess not the same pianist).

I love Miles Davis’ music!

Easy 5 basic af though

Es sind solide Blechblaselemente auf dem Album die die sehr langatmigen Jazz-Stücke erträglich machen. Auch wenn Miles ein Meister seines Genres ist können mich die einzelnen Stücke weder vom Album noch vom Musikstil überzeugen. Schade ich hatte mir von Miles mehr erhofft, zumal es als das beste Jazzalbum aller Zeiten beschrieben ist.

I haven’t heard a jazz record yet via this project that I didn’t like

Beautiful, nice background dinner (or post-dinner cocktail) music

Fantastic album, an absolute masterpiece.

I really don't know what it is about a jazz album that makes it great, but this one is great. It's considered to be one of the best jazz albums of all time, and I get it. Perfect Sunday morning listening (which is exactly when I listened to it). Great sound, interesting throughout, really pretty much perfect jazz album. I'm not going to attempt to summarize the influence that this seems to have had on later music, but it's clearly massive. Favorite song: So What Other: Freddie Freeloader, Blue in Green, All Blues, Flamenco Sketches 5/5/24

I used to play this album as study music all the time when I was back in college. Setting aside my mixed feelings about my time in college, the album was a great companion for when I needed to focus - smooth and elegant, but also dynamic and constantly changing. The sound picks you up gently and moves you through its narrative without ever needing to bash you over the head with its cleverness. It's creative and richly rendered, but accessible for listeners at any level. I've always felt Kind of Blue was the perfect jazz album, a perfect album really. Nothing I've heard in over 1000 days of listening has really changed my mind on the subject. This album is a thing of beauty that really exists in a class all its own. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): So What, Blue in Green, Freddie Freeloader, Flamenco Sketches, All Blues

All great tracks with great depth.

Damn good slow jazz album

Blue in green is the perfect song. This is music.

A classic for good reason.

not much to say i liked it :-)

Unobtrusive jazz album that is easy to listen to.

Proper good.

I’ve always struggled with Kind of Blue, mainly because I think I’ve always preferred my jazz to be loud and obviously experimental. Knowing that, I really tried to walk into this listen with an open mind, some prior research on modal jazz, and some timestamp explanations to follow along with so I can actively know what I’m actually listening to in real time. And it really, really helped! Kind of Blue is rarely overt in its experimentation; it’s no Giant Steps or The Shape of Jazz to Come or even Bitches Brew. On face value, it sounds almost cliché, like music your grandparents would listen to, and sure, it’s undeniably pretty, but if you don’t gravitate toward pretty music, Kind of Blue can be an initially/superficially boring listen. But after learning exactly what is going on here moment-to-moment, it all clicked into place, and during my second listen, I could finally see the experimental patterns landscaped by Davis and Co. throughout this record. And also, it IS just an incredibly pretty, gorgeous, flowery album. The ballads do a lot to give that impression, but I also think “Freddie Freeloader” sets a similar tone, if not an adjacent mood. My preferred tracks here are still the most ✨jazz✨ tracks, with the obviously modal solos in “So What,” which are more clear once you know what that means, and the stuttering dissonant clash of “All Blue.” It’s still not going to be my go-to jazz album, but I’m definitely on board now with this being important, not just because other people say it’s important, but because I can *hear* why it’s important, and I'll gladly be listening to this more frequently now!

Classic.

An easy 5 for me and one of my all time favourite records. First got it on CD when I was about 20 and it promoted itself through to a nice ltd edition blue vinyl, which I listen to almost weekly. Not really sure what it is I love about it, I’m very much an entry level jazz fan, it just feels very soothing and flows together so well. Hearing this live in some blues bar in New York would be my ultimate experience.

Nice background jazz, was quite straightforward considering it was Miles Davis and John Coltrane, was expecting it to be a lot stranger. Again, would be great live and was enjoyable to listen to but it's hard to recommend this over any other straightforward jazz album.

Good jazz, nothing further to note.

This is the only jazz album I had listened to before we started this list... Listened to it on a list of the 100 greatest albums of all time so I know it is highly regarded. On both occasions that I've heard this album I've been in London coincidentally! Does make wandering around a busy London more calming. I for me it's nice background music, nothing more. I wouldn't choose to listen to it. Sure that makes me ignorant.... Just not that into jazz, although this is more tolerable than most we've had 3

This a brilliant album. I have listened to it many many times, it never gets old.

Definitely more musical than some other Miles Davis music I've heard here.

Just fantastic

Has to be the most accessible jazz album ever - absolutely love Freddie freeloader

One of my favorite albums

I admit I tend to struggle with jazz. Even good jazz. It’s just not my favorite genre. But this album? Totally captivating. An absolute pleasure to listen to. There’s a reason Miles Davis is one of, if not the, best.

Yep.

A landmark album. A gateway for jazz.

Any doubt as to this rating. Always a 5. It's miles Davis, the 🐐

Some of the best jazz, still. There’s nothing quite like Miles Davis. I love his music and I love this album. Such a tender, sweet, and snappy collection. Standouts: Blue in Green and Flamenco Sketches.

Blue in green is my fav.

Yes, this is jazz. It is very famous and well-respected. I feel bad rating jazz albums because of how much I do not ever want jazz in my ears. Mr. Davis was very good at jazz.

Hmmm, let's see, what rating will I give an album that I own in at least three formats, and gifted to at least two friends... No, just kidding, easy five stars. Would give much more if allowed

Lekker album, onverwachts goed. Rustige muziek

Great thinking music

Classic - 5 Stars. Easy to see why some consider this the greatest album ever made. 5.0/5.0: Iconic

Realy Nice music

Truly an inspiration in the jazz realm. I enjoyed listening to this, and I’ll probably be back when I’m in the mood for some jazz. 4/5

Great stuff, a little slow for daily listening for me.

Can't think of a better album that captures four feelings of jazz in one album. This album feels like noir at times, up beat and swung, nostalgic, warm and toasty, but stiff and bold. Miles horn works to paint dynamic landscapes and like the album title tells it makes one feel blue and one feel green at different times. Drums tie and solidify quintessential and historic jazz sound.

The very first time I listened to this album, I really took my time, focused, and the for a few seconds during the first few minutes it brought me to the brink of tears. I am no expert when it comes to music, especially jazz, so I cannot really explain or comprehend what makes this album consistently the highest rated jazz album of all time, so I will try to express my thoughts using an analogy: This album feels like sitting in the highest class Michelin star restaurant, eating the juiciest, most tender, tastiest, overall best steak of your life. All the while being waited by the most pleasant staff. You have five courses, but they are all steak. The first one is pure bliss. After the second one, you are comfortably full. Three steaks in and you feel sluggish. Four, it's getting *heavy*. You long for something less savory, something refreshing. You eat the fifth steak and even though you rate the overall experience as one of the best you've had, you don't see yourself ordering the five courses of steak again. The album has a heaviness that I feel can only be enjoyed in smaller doses at a time. 5/5 music, but as an album, others work better.