Kind of Blue sold over 4 million copies to date, making it the highest selling Jazz album of all time... Ladies and gentlemen... this is "Thriller" numbers for this genre of music... It has been a mind blowing 5 decades since this album was released in 1959. It is said that every musician that was involved with this project went on to create their own "genius" material..."Cannonball Adderly, John Coltrane...etc..and they all became masters of their craft in their own right... this also goes for recording and mixing engineers involved in the project... *sidebar* with that being said, that is the pinnacle of what the word "classic" is suppose to represent... when everything involved becomes legendary... I'm ashamed to say i still don't own a copy of this album (note to self)... Musicians, and creative minds around the world still refer to this album as feeling "new", "refreshing", or "inspiring" ... Can you imagine doing that with only 5 to 6 tracks.... We shouldn't have been so joe about Illmatic's classic 9 records... Ahhhh. (sigh) I'm saddened because these kind of records are known as the best music in the world.... and now that all of these legends are gone, there will be slim chances of any more "classic" material being made. Especially with this "CRAP" that's being made now that people are trying to call "MUSIC" listen to "So What"... and here what timeless music is suppose to sound like.... Peace Yah
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i didn't even realize this record was that old. it's such a timeless piece. i have a few jazz records in my vinyl collection but none from the 50 really. i have duke Ellington, louis armstrong, and some grover washington jr but that's about it...i need to cop some miles davis
Miles Davis will go down in history as one of the greatest musical innovators that ever lived. Hundreds of years from now, they'll still be talking about Kind of Blue the same way that people still talk about Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
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