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

I was just listening to it yesterday too

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 )

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? )

anyway, have fun! hope you find this post useful

Don't forget A Love Supreme.

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

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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purplethunder3121 said:

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"

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.

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).

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.

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.

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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

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