Kind of Blue
Miles Davis, released in 1959 (USA), jazz.
- Artist: Miles Davis
- Year: 1959
- Genre: Jazz
- Country: USA
Overview
The best selling jazz album ever, cut in two New York sessions with a modal approach that traded dense chord changes for open scales. The sextet with John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans created restrained, melodic pieces such as So What that became the entry point to jazz for millions.
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