Kind of Blue (jazz, rock, albums, fan, miles davis)

SATCHMO · 03-07-2008, 06:24 PM

I do think that Kind of Blue is overrated (sacrilege in the jazz world), but a lot of its greatness is contextual. Its an amazing album, i just don't like it That much. IMO A Love Supreme by John Coltrane is by far the biggest masterpiece in all of Jazz. an album conceptualized and arranged by Coltrane as an instrumental praise to god for turning his life around after he'd defeated his heroin and alcohol addiction. The album, again IMO, is perfect in every way, shape, and form and is easily one of the most beutiful pieces of music iv'e ever heard.

Wayfarer · 03-08-2008, 12:09 AM

^ That and Mingus' "The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady", probably.

ddp · 03-08-2008, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by blachalaheebow

Hmm. Kind of Blue is great, but it doesnt seem as interesting to me as some other stuff does. My favorite jazz-ish album is Soft Machine's "Third". It just seems more interesting and more fun to listen to in my opinion. Miles Davis is a beast at improv, though.

Kind of Blue is a great record, Miles is smooth and melodic.
To be honest there are many other people on that record who I prefer to listen to like Bill Evans and John Coltrane.
What's the greatest is very subjective.

For my money some of my favourites are:

Sonny Rollins "Saxophone Colossus"
John Coltrane "Giant Steps"
Thelonious Monk "Brilliant Corners"
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers "A Night in Tunisa"
Anything with Charlie Parker on it.

All in my opinion much greater Jazz records.
For me "Kind of Blue" is a bit more easy listening.

SATCHMO · 03-08-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ddp

Sonny Rollins "Saxophone Colossus"
John Coltrane "Giant Steps"
Thelonious Monk "Brilliant Corners"
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers "A Night in Tunisa"

Probably ,after A Love Supreme, the next 4 of my top 5.

ddp · 03-09-2008, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Probably ,after A Love Supreme, the next 4 of my top 5.

Yeah Love supreme is supreme.

I'd also chose Clifford Brown's trumpet playing over miles's every time.
Check out "Jazz immortal" he could play circles around miles.
Too bad he died at 25 we never found out his true potential.

Miles became a legend partly by a war of attrition. He outlasted so many of his contemporaries. He was the great band leader he was lucky to play with all the greats of Jazz. His alumni includes.

Charlie Parker (1940s)
John Coltrane (1950s)
Bill Evans (1960s)
Charles Mingus
Horace Silver
Sonny Rollins (1950s)
Marcus Miller (1980s)
John McLaughlin (1960s)
Herbie Han**** (1970s)
Billie Cobham (1970s)
Thelonious Monk (1940-50s)

Those are just the first of my favourtes of his bandmates that pop to my mind. There must be hundreds and hundreds.

He was one hell of a bandleader!!

SATCHMO · 03-09-2008, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ddp

I'd also chose Clifford Brown's trumpet playing over miles's every time.
Check out "Jazz immortal" he could play circles around miles.
Too bad he died at 25 we never found out his true potential.

I'm a huge Clifford Brown fan. I can hardly fathom what music would be like today if he hadn't gotten into that car. BTW, Scott Lafarrow, the bassist for The Bill Evans Trio, AKA the upright player on Portraits in Jazz, also had an untimely death via a car accident, and is from my hometown. I used to drive past the scene of his accident daily on my way to school.

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03-07-2008, 06:24 PM
SATCHMO Dirt McGirt 08' Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Through the looking glass Posts: 1,635	I do think that Kind of Blue is overrated (sacrilege in the jazz world), but a lot of its greatness is contextual. Its an amazing album, i just don't like it That much. IMO A Love Supreme by John Coltrane is by far the biggest masterpiece in all of Jazz. an album conceptualized and arranged by Coltrane as an instrumental praise to god for turning his life around after he'd defeated his heroin and alcohol addiction. The album, again IMO, is perfect in every way, shape, and form and is easily one of the most beutiful pieces of music iv'e ever heard. __________________ We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine.....and the machine is bleeding to death

03-08-2008, 12:09 AM
Wayfarer Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,020	^ That and Mingus' "The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady", probably. __________________ The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.