Kind of Blue

Wait, Davis AND Coultrain AND Evans? Most stacked lineup in jazz history

The Best!!! #musicsky #albumsky

Like a lot of people, I imagine, this album was my way in to jazz. It's melodic and approachable enough to not scare you off but it also has enough exploratory sections to at least hint at the wilder directions you can take backwards into bebop and much wilder onwards into free jazz and Miles' kick start of fusion.

I hear trumpet jam I 5*

A really good album. I didn’t know what to expect from it since my previous two albums from Davis have been a 5⭐️ and a 2⭐️ so I’m definitely hit or miss with him. I’ll be keeping this one saved for a while.

Sort of bland, not really that interesting overall?

I painfully recall a friend of a friend remarking that this was 'elevator music.' If so, it's an elevator I'd happily live the rest of my life in. Modal, it's also a model and a middle ground. Never too cool for school, it's yet cooler than you are, and more snappily happening. I've now heard it n+1 times: better—vivider—each.

I feel like I have to solve a crime in a film noir movie while occasionally commenting the current situation in my mind

The one and only. The classic. The blue-tinted masterpiece. Moody atmospheres. Motherfucking John Coltrane? Can't get any classier. Bravo Mr. Davis!

Ah, another blue album! People call this the best jazz record of all time, which makes me think I really don't get jazz. Not that I dislike it -- I don't -- but I can't really differentiate it from the other jazz albums we had, which were also "fine". Chill. I think I'd like it better without the drums. And maybe... the jazz.

Jazz isn't really my thing but this is quite pleasant and chill. Apparently there was a lot of improvisation and very little rehearsal which makes it even more impressive that it sounds so nice.
Flamenco sketches was the most laid back and I really liked it despite it being the only one from this album not in his ten most popular.

Genre defining album. Very cool and atmospheric.

Typical Jazz 3

There's no debate on why this album from Miles Davis is here on this list of albums to listen to before you die. This is one of the most definitive albums of his career, featuring multiple jazz greats in the recording sessions, spanning from John Coltrane, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb. In addition to the pedigree of the personnel, the compositions on this record are phenomenal, allowing space for meaningful instrumental soloing over melodic improvisation across a few musical scales. It never felt too busy or overwhelming from any of the musicians' playing. At the same time, the album kept interesting enough that it never felt like any of these tunes went on for too long, which is impressive, given that most of them were over nine minutes. It can't get much easier to describe than that for a stone-cold classic.

jazzão bolado. lindo demais papo reto
só os instrumento falano asneira daquele naipe. gostei bastante!

I don’t know enough jazz history to know why this is so highly regarded. I very much enjoy this album, it’s a great album for a rainy day. I just wish I knew more about the context as to why this is one of the best of all time. Again, it sounds good, but in 2025 it sounds like a lot of other jazz albums I’ve heard. Was this style of jazz unheard of at the time? Was this an evolution in sound? That’s what I’d like to find out. For now I will contend with the fact that I don’t know but I still think this is great.

Always think Blue should release an album called Kind of Miles Davis.

Took me so long (and listening to a lot more entry level jazz) to get into this. Very glad I put the time in. Feels perfect. Especially in the bath.

Absolutely one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. I used to have an old boss who would play this album at noon everyday. I caught the shot. He loved it. I got to where I loved it too. I still do. Really holds up even after all the listens.

A masterpiece - yet only my 3rd favorite of Miles.....

Some of the best music made by human beings. It's got a magic quality that keeps it eternally fresh. Each time I listen to Kind of Blue it takes me somewhere calm and melancholic. I'm not a jazz musician, I have no idea what the instruments are 'doing' in relation to each other, but Flamenco Sketches is heavenly.