Kind of Blue
Jazz's bestselling record
Kind of Blue is Miles Davis's 1959 jazz album, widely considered one of the greatest and most influential recordings in jazz history.
The album pioneered modal jazz, moving away from complex chord changes toward simpler scales that gave musicians more improvisational freedom.
Have you ever listened to Kind of Blue?
Its cool, contemplative sound has made it a gateway record for listeners new to jazz.
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- trumpet soloSingle horn performance
- modalPertaining to form
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- Cool JazzMiles Davis, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, muted trumpet, mellow tone
- Modal Musicchurch modes
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
Kind of Bluefree jazz
Formless avant-garde improvisation
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Kind of Blueaggressive
Hostile and confrontational
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