Kind of Blue

~ Release by Miles Davis (see all versions of this release, 137 available)

Annotation

Notes

Recording location: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York NY, USA
Recording label: Columbia
Formation: Miles Davis Sextet
#1-3:
March 2, 1959
Miles Davis (tpt); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (as); John Coltrane (ts); Bill Evans (p); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d)
#4-5:
April 22, 1959
Same personnel, but omit Kelly

Note that Adderley is out on Blue in Green

Release history

CL 1355 is a mono pressing, while CS 8163 is stereo, as usual with Columbia.

Important Notes

Be aware that this is the original release, with off-speed three first tracks (approx 9:02 9:33 5:25).
Reissued as such on cd, it got later corrected to either the "track 1 slow fade" version (9:22 9:43 5:32, as seen in the six tracks version of this release), or as "track 1 fast fade" (9:06 9:43 5:33), as seen in the 5 tracks 1992 reissue.
The off-speed version was largely reprinted during the vinyl era and was issued at least two times on CDs in 1984 & 1987 before later reissues started correcting the off-speed, some with a slightly wrong pitch...
If you're attaching either discids or pweeds here, please be careful in the version you choose!

Annotation last modified on 2008-09-15 22:24 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1So What
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1959-03-02)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-03-02)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-03-02)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-03-02)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02)
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 72)
recording of:
So What (on 1959-03-02)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
4.759:05
2Freddie Freeloader
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1959-03-02)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-03-02)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1959-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-03-02)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-03-02)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02)
recording of:
Freddie Freeloader (original Miles Davis instrumental version) (on 1959-03-02)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music Corporation
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
59:36
3Blue in Green
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-03-02)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-03-02)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-03-02)
recording of:
Blue in Green (on 1959-03-02)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) and Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music, Musical Frontiers Pub. Co. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4.755:29
4All Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-04-22)
engineer:
Fred Plaut (on 1959-04-22)
producer:
Irving Townsend
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1959-04-22)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-04-22)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-04-22)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-04-22)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-04-22)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-04-22)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-04-22)
recording of:
All Blues (on 1959-04-22)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music Corporation
4.4511:34
5Flamenco Sketches
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut (on 1959-04-22)
producer:
Irving Townsend
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1959-04-22)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-04-22)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-04-22)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-04-22)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-04-22)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-04-22)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-04-22)
recording of:
Flamenco Sketches (on 1959-04-22)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) and Bill Evans (pianist)
4.159:25

Credits

Release

liner notes:Bill Evans (pianist)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/17824450 [info]
ASIN:US: B000002AJR [info]

Release group

artist & repertoire support:Patti Matheny
covers:Blue by Mostly Other People Do the Killing
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Reggae Interpretation of Kind of Blue by Jeremy Taylor (music professor at New York University)
included in:5 Essential Original Albums
Columbia Jazz: 25 Original Albums by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
Eight Classic Albums
The Classic Albums Collection
part of:Music Genre Tree (canonical album list from musicgenretree.org – one representative release per genre)
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 10)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 12) (order: 12)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 12) (order: 12)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 14) (order: 14)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 21) (order: 21)
Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 25) (order: 25)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 31) (order: 31)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 31) (order: 31)
David Keenan: The Best Albums Ever (number: 92) (order: 92)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/5460 [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fr25 [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/miles_davis/kind_of_blue/ [info]
https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/50738/ [info]
https://www.whosampled.com/album/Miles-Davis/Kind-Of-Blue/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000191710 [info]
Wikidata:Q283221 [info]