love the piano in this

 ramblinlamb wrote: 
Parker for me, but you can't deny Miles in having huge influence on 99% of todays jazz cats.

 Shaker wrote: 
I can't answer that, but I can tell you I feel the same way about funk, which gives my DH hives.

 Shaker wrote: 
This is what God plays when he has a coffee break.

More Miles is better...  Bumper stickers should be issued.....

 Businessgypsy wrote: 

You know how the sound of fingernails on a blackboard drives some people nuts and others don't know what you are talking about? The sax in this piece is fingernails-on-a-chalkboard annoying to me. I guess my DNA must be a few strands short...

I know some people say they just 'don't get' jazz but I can't really understand that. It just is and is= fantastic!

It was pieces like this that inspired me to learn to play the saxophone!! Thank you Miles and crew!!!!!!

 bachbeet wrote: 
Take it easy. I get it. You love jazz! Cool.

"if you don't grok Kind of Blue or at least appreciate the history and influence of this recording you might need a DNA test to determine your species."

Perhaps the greatest jazz album ever.  Words like "perfect" have been used to describe it since its release.  And, an interviewer was talking with Fagen and Becker of Steely Dan about their jazz influence.  When asked their favorite jazz album (it may have been simply favorite album), they did not hesitate and said Kind of Blue.  Miles was a genius in the ranks of Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven.

 mgoldman wrote: 
Thanks for posting this.

For those of you who don't get it, please see the excellent write up here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kind_of_Blue

Pay particular attention to the paragraph title "Impact on Music", which in part says: "The album's influence has reached beyond jazz, as musicians of such genres as rock and classical have been influenced by it, while critics have acknowledged it as one of the most influential albums of all time.<35> <36> Many improvisatory rock musicians of the 1960s referred to Kind of Blue for inspiration, along with other Davis albums, as well as Coltrane's modal records My Favorite Things (1961) and A Love Supreme (1965). Guitarist Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band said his soloing on songs such as "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" "comes from Miles and Coltrane, and particularly Kind of Blue. I've listened to that album so many times that for the past couple of years, I haven't hardly listened to anything else."<37> Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright has said that the chord progressions on the album influenced the structure of the introductory chords to the song "Breathe" on their landmark opus The Dark Side of the Moon (1973).<38> In his book Kind of Blue: The Making of a Miles Davis Masterpiece, writer Ashley Kahn wrote "still acknowledged as the height of hip, four decades after it was recorded, Kind of Blue is the premier album of its era, jazz or otherwise. Its vapory piano introduction is universally recognized".<39> Producer Quincy Jones, one of Davis' longtime friends, wrote: "That will always be my music, man. I play Kind of Blue every day-it's my orange juice. It still sounds like it was made yesterday".<39> Pianist Chick Corea, one of Miles' acolytes, was also struck by its majesty, later stating "It's one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but it's another thing to practically create a new language of music, which is what Kind of Blue did."

Sorry, I just don't get this type of jazz. It sounds like everybody is reading from a different sheet of music. . .

 kylemichael wrote: 
Me to.  I think slow exposure to good Jazz, such at this, has helped me develop a bit of a taste for it.

 markoirl wrote: 
Agreed.

 crockydile wrote: 

Wow. You are trashing either Cannonball Adderley (alto sax) or John freakin' Coltrane (tenor), and that just does not compute.

 On_The_Beach wrote: 
LOL! good reply

 Aegean wrote: 
You're so right. Miles was such a hack. What did he ever do for music? He certainly can't hold a candle to Rush or Bob Seger, who you rate "8"!  No doubt Miles spent many a tortured, sleepless night, cursing his fate; "Why, oh why, can't I have the talent of Bob Seger? Why, WHY, WHYYYYYYYYYYY?!".

miles. a master.

I like everything except the psychopathic sax solo...

Kind of Blue was released 50 years ago today. Sounds like it's holding up pretty well.

More on the album here: http://www.slate.com/id/2225336/

I'll admit I normally don't like "jazz". But this is good.

ah ..... opiates

This album is the standard by which I measure all Jazz.  A perfect 10!

 andrewmi wrote: 
So why are you measuring?