Kind of Blue (reissue)

Description

Miles Davis reinvented modern jazz in 1959, recording over one spring, in two brisk New York sessions, the pared back, tangled, bluish chords of his most venerated work: Kind Of Blue. Davis arrived with only rough sketches, handing them to Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, and Wynton Kelly minutes before recording. Studied in primary schools the world over, and a recommended blue for music greens, the five-piece has far transcended the eerie, mutish intentions it had at source. This latest Columbia reissue corrects the slight tape-speed error that nudged the first three tracks a quarter-tone sharp and adds ‘Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take)’ at 45 PRM; and was cut directly from the master reel.