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Kind of Blue

by Miles Davis

1959·digital media·[no label]·5 tracks·45:50

jazz cool jazz hard bop modal jazz post-bop

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Released: 17 aug 1959
Label: [no label]
Formats: digital media, cd, 12" vinyl, cassette, vinyl, dvd-video, dualdisc, sacd, hybrid sacd (cd layer), hybrid sacd (sacd layer, 2 channels), hybrid sacd (sacd layer, multichannel), mixed mode cd, reel-to-reel, hybrid sacd, sacd (2 channels), sacd (multichannel)
Runtime: 45:50

Artist

Miles Davis

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Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released on August 17, 1959, by Columbia Records. For this album, Davis led a sextet featuring saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb, with new band pianist Wynton Kelly replacing Evans on "Freddie Freeloader". The album was recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City in two sessions on March 2 and April 22, 1959.

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Tracklist5 tracks · 45:50 · no community favorites yet

1So What9:25
2Freddie Freeloader9:47
3Blue in Green5:37
4All Blues11:35
5Flamenco Sketches9:24

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