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Thread started 01/25/16 3:38pm

tatocorcu

Kind Of Blue

I've never been a big jazz fan, although I've always enjoyed going to love shows and it's been a genre I've always felt that I needed to know a bit more about.
A couple of years ago, after listening to it on the radio, I bought Kind of Blue and it has slowly become one of my favourite albums of all time. Sometimes I really feel the urge to listen to it, bizarrely.
I have listened to other classic jazz albums, both by Miles Davis and by others, but I haven't yet found anything I like so much. So I was hoping that maybe some of the experts here on the org could point me in the right direction: any advice on what I should listen to it next? Any albums that sound 'similar' to Kind of Blue?
As always, thanks in advance 😊
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Reply #1 posted 01/26/16 5:03pm

teezee

Kind Of Blue is one of the 11 albums that I would consider "perfect" from start to finish biggrin

I was just listening to it yesterday too cool

Other jazz records I love are:

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way

Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (very rock-influenced)

Miles Davis - Agharta (very funky)

Miles Davis - Dark Magus (warning to jazz beginners, very avante-garde!)

John Coltrane - Blue Train (I would recommend you listen to this one first smile )

John Coltrane - Giant Steps

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um

Charles Mingus - Black Saint and The Sinner Lady

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (love this album!)

Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (Monk played the keys!)

Pharoah Sanders (incredibly epic album! The Creator Has A Master Plan.... nuff said!)

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (funk-jazz! .... or jazz-funk? hmmm )

anyway, have fun! hope you find this post useful fro

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Reply #2 posted 01/26/16 5:08pm

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Don't forget A Love Supreme.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #3 posted 01/26/16 10:35pm

tatocorcu

Thank you both!
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Reply #4 posted 01/27/16 5:07pm

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I think that's called 'modal jazz'. So just type that in

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Reply #5 posted 01/28/16 2:34pm

SPYZFAN1

You also may want to check out "The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane". 13 ballads and is (almost) in the same laidback mellow vibe of "Kind Of Blue". It includes Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner and special guests Roy Haynes and Duke Ellington(!) playing piano on one cut. Highly recommended.

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Reply #6 posted 01/28/16 3:40pm

tatocorcu

teezee said:

Kind Of Blue is one of the 11 albums that I would consider "perfect" from start to finish biggrin



I was just listening to it yesterday too cool



Other jazz records I love are:


Miles Davis - In A Silent Way


Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (very rock-influenced)


Miles Davis - Agharta (very funky)


Miles Davis - Dark Magus (warning to jazz beginners, very avante-garde!)


John Coltrane - Blue Train (I would recommend you listen to this one first smile )


John Coltrane - Giant Steps


Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um


Charles Mingus - Black Saint and The Sinner Lady


Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (love this album!)


Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (Monk played the keys!)


Pharoah Sanders (incredibly epic album! The Creator Has A Master Plan.... nuff said!)


Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (funk-jazz! .... or jazz-funk? hmmm )



anyway, have fun! hope you find this post useful fro


I am listening to he John Coltrane albums you recommended and hey are exactly what I was looking for. In fact I can't believe I didn't think of Coltrane myself, as I had listened to him a bit a long time ago. I've also downloaded a couple of Thelonius Monk and Sonny Rollins albums and again, I'm enjoying those very much (I've listened to music all day long today). thank you again for your suggestions,and I'll get back to you when I'm ready for the next bunch of great music smile
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Reply #7 posted 01/28/16 3:41pm

tatocorcu

SPYZFAN1 said:

You also may want to check out "The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane". 13 ballads and is (almost) in the same laidback mellow vibe of "Kind Of Blue". It includes Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner and special guests Roy Haynes and Duke Ellington(!) playing piano on one cut. Highly recommended.


I'll certainly have a listen to this, it sounds very promising. Thanks!
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Reply #8 posted 01/28/16 11:47pm

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #9 posted 01/29/16 10:53am

tatocorcu

purplethunder3121 said:

sad


Why the sad face?
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Reply #10 posted 01/29/16 11:41am

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Modal Jazz here is the key. Try Herbie Hancock Speak Like a Child, anything by the Coltrant Quartet, and some Wayne shorter Speak No evil. Also just for kicks listen to Cannonball Adderley's "somethin else". It's not Modal, very straight ahead but Miles does some great sidework there, especially on the incomparable song "Autumn Leaves"

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Reply #11 posted 01/29/16 2:41pm

bobzilla77

Kind Of Blue is pretty unique. It's very strange but somehow, appealing to a wide range of people. The songs are very sketchy.

Miles didn't make another one like it.

I'm going to recommend one of the albums that got me into jazz when I was a teenager - Horace Silver's Cape Verdean Blues. Very melodic, but harmonically a little skewed. And great performances all around.

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Reply #12 posted 02/01/16 8:56am

CoolMF

Kind Of Blue was my introduction to Jazz. All of my jazz taste stem from Kind Of Blue. Because of that album, I ventured to discover Coltrane, Cannonball, other Miles albums, and other jazz musicians that were associated with musicians that played on Kind Of Blue (i.e. Miles to Coltrane to Monk to BeBop).

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Reply #13 posted 02/01/16 10:01am

BlackSweat86

If you want something new yet with a throwback vibe, check out Kamasi Washington's "the Epic." 3 CDs full of brand new jazz pieces.

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Reply #14 posted 02/01/16 11:06am

Identity

Oftentimes, when I hear "Blue in Green" I slip into an introspective mood. Ghosts from the past drop in unannounced. It's a remarkable composition, a thing of beauty.

[Edited 2/1/16 18:47pm]

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Reply #15 posted 02/01/16 12:35pm

tatocorcu

Thank you all again for your suggestions. I have downloaded quite a few of them and I'm really enjoying them. You have helped me find exactly what I was after, and I even have a name for it now (modal jazz, that is!). Teezee's suggestions were perfect (although some of them are probably for a more advanced level!). I also got Miles Davis's Milestones (which is not as perfect as Kind of Blue, but I'm also enjoying). And I can tell is not going to stop here. I need a bit of time to digest what I have so far, then I'll try to continue listening to new albums. I have 100 years to catch up with!
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Reply #16 posted 02/02/16 1:45pm

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If you like "Kind Of Blue" album, than that's means you'd probably enjoy other artist who composed Jazz during the "Cool Jazz" phase.

  1. Miles Davis Bitches Brew, Kind of Blue, Agharta








Dave Brubeck A Dave Brubeck Christmas, Giants of Jazz, Time Further Out


Paul Desmond Bridge over Troubled Water, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Glad To Be ...

Bill Evans Waltz for Debby, We Will Meet Again, Bill Evans With Symphony Orchestra ...

Stan Getz Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2, Recorded Fall 1961, Prezervation

Lennie Tristano Complete Recordings, Supersonic, Lennie Tristano / The New Tristano


Chet Baker My Funny Valentine, Silent Nights: A Christmas Jazz Album, 'Round Midnight ...

Kenny Burrell The Cats, Whims of Chambers, Kenny Burrell

Sarah Vaughan Giants of Jazz, Basie-Vaughan, How Long Has This Been Going On?

Art Pepper Goin' Home, The Trip, Gettin' Together!

Gerry Mulligan Summit, Jazz Giants '58, Mulligan Meets Monk

Lee Konitz Crosscurrents, London Concert, Three Guys

Jim Hall The Unreleased Sessions, Jim Hall & Pat Metheny, Concierto

George Shearing Complete Concord Recordings, The Swingin's Mutual!, The Heart and Soul of ...

Julie London Love Letters / Feeling Good, The End of the World / The Wonderful World ...

Marian McPartland Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Steely Dan, Marian McPartland's Piano ...

Shelly Manne My Fair Lady, Empathy, Li'l Abner

Tal Farlow Chance Meeting, All Strings Attached, Cookin' on All Burners

Scott LaFaro Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Pieces of Jade

Shorty Rogers Popo, Modern Sounds, East Coast - West Coast Scene

Barney Kessel The Concord Jazz Heritage Series, The Artistry of Barney Kessel, Kessel ...

Joe Morello Morello Standard Time, Joe Morello

Sahib Shihab Companionship: Jazz Joint, Volume 2, And All Those Cats

Claude Thornhill 1947 Transcription Performances, Best of Big Bands: Claude Thornhill

June Christy The Song Is June!, Somewhere There's Music, Something Cool

John Abercrombie Class Trip, Open Land, The Third Quartet

Herb Ellis Two for the Road, Jazz/Concord, Seven

Bill Perkins Grand Encounter, Tenors Head-On, Our Man Woody

Jimmy Giuffre Free Fall, Music for Brass, The Life of a Trio

Philly Joe Jones Whims of Chambers, The Big Beat, Kenny Drew Trio

Percy Heath The Modern Jazz Sextet, Newport in New York '72 - The Jam Sessions, Volume ...

Johnny Smith Walk, Don't Run!, The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions

Bob Brookmeyer Recorded Fall 1961, The Ivory Hunters, Bob Brookmeyer and Friends

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