Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue?
Kind of Blue 24-carat gold CD collectors version. The album was also released on many other formats, many of which are only to be found second hand. Per the liner notes. "Billboard" (North America) Kind of Blue Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter 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. The album features Davis' ensemble sextet consisting of saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer
Kind of Blue the album, stating: "It wasn't just one tune that was a breakthrough, it was the whole record. When new jazz styles come along, the first few attempts to do it are usually kind of shaky. Early Charlie Parker records were like this. But with "Kind of Blue" [the sextet] all sound like they're fully into it." Along with the Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Time Out" (1959) and Coltrane's "Giant Steps" (1960), "Kind of Blue" has often been recommended by music writers as an introductory jazz album, for similar reasons: the music on both records is very melodic, and the relaxed quality