Miles Davis - 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 and released on August 17 of that year on Columbia Records <133.>. The album features the Davis Ensemble Sextet, consisting of saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley , pianist Bill Evans , bassist Paul Chambers , and drummer Jimmy Cobb , with the band's new pianist Wynton Kelly, who appeared on one track instead of Evans. Due in part to Evans joining the sextet in 1958, Davis continued modal experimentation with the Milestones , basing Kind of Blue entirely on modality , moving on. from his early works the jazz style is hard bop .

Kind of Blue has been hailed by many critics as the greatest jazz record, Davis' masterpiece, and one of the best albums of all time. Its influence on music, including jazz, rock , and classical , has led writers to also consider it one of the most influential albums ever recorded. The album was one of fifty recordings selected in 2002 by the Library of Congress for addition to the National Recording Registry , and in 2003 it was ranked No. 12 by Rolling Stone. magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . It peaked at number 14 on Colin Larkin 's All Time Top 1000 Albums list .

While exact numbers are disputed, Kind of Blue is often cited as the best-selling jazz album of all time. . It was certified 5× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2019 for shipments of over five million copies.Википедия site:wiki5.ru