Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter-composer Miles Davis. It was recorded on March 2 and April 22, 1959, at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio in New York City, and released on August 17 of that year by Columbia Records. For the recording, 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 appearing on one track in place of Evans.

In part owing to Evans’ joining the ensemble in 1958, Davis departed further from his early work’s hard bop style in favor of greater experimentation with musical modes, as he had on his previous album Milestones (1958). In basing Kind of Blue entirely on modality, he gave each performer a set of…read more.

Artists

Trumpet

Piano
(except on ‘Freddie Freeloader’ and bonus disc track ‘So What’)

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Tenor Sax

Piano
(only on ‘Freddie Freeloader’ and bonus disc track ‘So What’)

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Bass

Alto Sax
(except on ‘Blue in Green’ and bonus disc track ‘So What’)

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Drums

Album Data

Released: August 17th, 1959
Recorded: March 2nd, 1959 & April 22nd, 1959
Record Label: Columbia Records
Location Recorded: Columbia Studios, New York City
Producer: Irving Townsend
Album Length: 45min / 44sec

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