kind blue kind blue studio album american jazz musician released august columbia_records recorded earlier year march april columbia 30th street studio new_york_city recording sessions featured davis ensemble consisting pianist drummer bassist julian pianist track entry evans davis followed basing entirely contrast earlier work hard style jazz precise figures disputed described music writers davis best selling album best selling jazz record time october certified quadruple platinum sales recording_industry_association_of_america riaa kind blue regarded critics jazz greatest record davis masterpiece best albums time influence music including jazz rock classical genres led writers influential albums recorded kind blue recordings chosen added ranked number rolling_stone_magazine list greatest albums time background late davis employed acclaimed profitable working bands pursuing hard style personnel stable alto tenor pianist long serving bassist drummer band played mixture pop standards originals based jazz davis groups improvised chord changes given song davis jazz musicians growing dissatisfied saw increasingly complex chord changes creativity pianist published offered alternative practice improvisation based chords chord changes abandoning traditional major minor key relationships introduced idea chord scale unity theory explore vertical relationship chords scales original theory come jazz approach led way jazz influenced russell ideas davis implemented composition title track studio album satisfied results davis prepared entire album based pianist studied russell recently departed davis pursue career drafted new recording project sessions recording kind blue recorded track tape sessions 30th street studio new_york_city march tracks blue green recorded original april tracks blues sketches recorded making production handled produced davis previous davis penchant called rehearsal musicians little idea record described original liner notes pianist davis given band sketches scales melody lines musicians assembled davis gave brief instructions piece set taping studio results impressive little preparation persistent legend entire album recorded pass sketches yielded complete try master issued bonus alternate master takes issued complete takes insert ending recorded release issues prior reissue pianist happy man replaced old seat pianist feelings davis kelly play instead evans album blues oriented number live album newport documents band newport jazz festival recording july reflects band hard conception presence weeks brief tenure davis band notwithstanding approach composition kind blue based entirely contrast davis earlier work hard style jazz complex chord progression improvisation entire album composed series sketches performer given set scales defined parameters improvisation style style contrast typical means composing providing musicians complete score common jazz providing musicians chord progression series harmonies jazz type unique album davis previously method album sessions influences collaborator stream compositions original concept method developed pianist writer davis saw russell methods composition means getting away dense chord laden compositions time davis labeled thick composition reliance scales modes represented davis called return melody interview elaborated form composition contrast chord progression predominant stating chords gives lot freedom space hear things way forever don worry changes melody line challenge innovative based chords know end bars chords run repeat variations think movement jazz beginning away conventional string chords fewer chords infinite possibilities noted liner notes miles conceived settings hours recording dates evans continued introduction concerning modes composition album consists modes sixteen measures followed measures second standard bar blues form blue green consists measure cycle following short measure introduction blues bar blues form time sketches consists scales played long wishes completed series liner notes list davis writer compositions scholars fans believe wrote blue green sketches assumed credit davis blue green recording portrait jazz album davis estate acknowledged evans authorship practice band leader authorship song written occurred frequently jazz world legendary davis parker took songwriting credit tune written davis employed late 1940s composition later popular jazz standard example introduction attributed closely based opening measures french composer second prelude collection reception legacy release regarded critics davis greatest work acclaimed album cited best selling jazz record released despite later claims achievement davis official gold record music writer cited davis art kind blue noted influential albums history jazz reviewer called defining moment twentieth century music songs album jazz standards kind blue consistently ranked greatest albums time review album allmusic senior editor stephen_thomas_erlewine stated isn merely artistic highlight album towers peers record generally considered definitive jazz album universally acknowledged standard excellence kind blue possess music genius pinnacle jazz solos build overall key chord changes giving music subtly shifting quality stretch don like don like jazz hard imagine cornerstone jazz collection arrival jazz scene fall residency spot club consolidated release shape jazz come muted initial impact irritated davis greatly davis offered alternatives rigid rules davis reconcile free jazz innovations incorporate musicians ideas great mid-1960s offer version free playing jazz fusion outfits 1970s influence build album went achieve success evans formed influential jazz trio bassist drummer fronted popular bands brother continued touring unit recording kelly support went revered innovative jazz musicians davis took approach ran career leader 1960s music ideas decade progressed according kind blue 49th ranked record critics time lists album ranked number jazz albums described greatest jazz album world ranked near numerous best album lists disparate genres recordings chosen year added selecting album number list greatest albums time rolling_stone_magazine stated masterpiece important influential popular albums jazz december united_states house_of_representatives passed resolution honoring 50th anniversary jazz national treasure included book albums hear die described reviewer genre defining moment twentieth century music period influence album influence reached jazz musicians genres rock classical influenced critics written influential albums time rock musicians 1960s referred inspiration davis albums records favorite things guitarist said songs memory elizabeth reed comes miles particularly listened album times past couple years haven hardly listened pink floyd keyboardist said chord album influenced structure introductory chords song breathe landmark book kind blue making miles davis masterpiece writer wrote acknowledged height hip decades recorded premier album era jazz piano introduction universally recognized producer davis longtime friends wrote kind blue music man play kind blue day orange juice sounds like yesterday pianist miles struck majesty later stating thing play tune play program music thing practically create new language music kind blue noted consistent innovation present album stating wasn tune breakthrough record new jazz styles come attempts usually kind early records like kind blue sound like fully dave quartet time recommended music writers introductory jazz album similar reasons music records melodic relaxed quality songs makes improvisation easy listeners follow sacrificing experimentation release 50th anniversary collector edition album columnist jazz stated kind blue heralded arrival revolutionary new american music post jazz structured simple scales melodic improvisation band leader composer assembled legendary players create sublime atmospheric masterpiece years release continues transport listeners realm inspiring musicians create new sounds acoustic jazz post modern ambient genre later interview renowned hip hop artist rapper tip reaffirmed album reputation influence discussing significance stating like bible house album blue people killing note note reproduction kind blue musicians appeared recorded ventures 1960s davis rare appearance album evans collaborated know mean kelly chambers backed soul station evans chambers played sessions blues abstract truth rhythm section backed jazz track landmark featured chambers trio stayed davis recordings someday prince come live sets hall davis retrospect late life electric period davis repeatedly disregarded earlier work music birth cool kind blue davis view remaining static wrong option era right hour right day happened play different modes substitute chords energy liked feel anymore like warmed turkey insisted davis reconsider playing gentle ballads tunes kind blue period hurts lip track listing personnel musicians liner notes trumpet julian alto saxophone blue green tenor saxophone piano kelly piano double bass drums production producer engineering photography original liner notes reissue production remix engineering reissue booklet photography reissue liner notes reissue liner notes charts north_america jazz albums jazz albums internet albums certifications release history kind blue originally released inch vinyl record stereo including additional vinyl era editions label switched order tracks blues sketches record remastered times compact disc era including reissue notably corrected speed issued slightly pitch originally issue added alternative sketches release included original album digital surround sound stereo minute documentary heaven making influence kind blue released rare gold collectors version album released formats found second hand track open reel tape columbia sketches omitted cost release market year discontinued time july sketches spain released track better track counterpart replaced reports track version issued correct speed tracks album false issued correct speed track open reel tape columbia complete track album release replaced track release remained columbia catalog years tracks available reel tapes issued current time following original release album artists issued correct speed blues included greatest hits album inch discs note tune marked sketches actually holds blues issued correct speed original album prior jazz masterpiece jazz masterpiece correct speed master prior jazz masterpiece unavailable end 1990s production jazz masterpiece series ceased issued correct speed disc box set 50th anniversary collector edition released september columbia legacy
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