Kind of blue
Beskrivning:Trumpetaren Miles Davis och hans sextett spelade in albumet "Kind of blue" 1959 och det blev genast en klassiker, ja många räknar det som ett av jazzens genom tidernas bästa album. Det är också den mest sålda jazzskivan genom tiderna och finner ständigt nya lyssnare och köpare. I Miles Davis band ingick Cannonball Adderley as, John Coltrane ts, Bill Evans p (Wynton Kelly p på ett spår), Paul Chambers b och Jimmy Cobb dr.
Den här utgåvan presenterades när "Kind of blue" fyllde 50 år. De två CD-skivorna innehåller naturligtvis musiken från original-LP:n, kompletterad med några alternativa tagningar och diverse korta studioklipp, allt på den första CD:n.
På den andra CD:n finns de fem bevarade studioinspelningarna med samma sextett året innan "Kind of blue" + en konsertupptagning från 1960, där Adderley utgår och Kelly spelar piano.
Om man ansluter CD 1 till en dator finns en PDF-fil med en essä av Gerald Early med titeln "The last king of America: How Miles Davis invented Modernity" samt en artikel med rubriken "Between the takes" av Ashley Kahn.
I medföljande häfte finns Bill Evans albumtext från 1959 samt en essä av Francis Davis. Utviknings-digipac.
"Kind of Blue isn't merely an artistic highlight for Miles Davis, it's an album that towers above its peers, a record generally considered as the definitive jazz album. To be reductive, it's the Citizen Kane of jazz -- an accepted work of greatness that's innovative and entertaining. That may not mean it's the greatest jazz album ever made, but it certainly is a universally acknowledged standard of excellence. Why does Kind of Blue posses such a mystique? Perhaps it's that this music never flaunts its genius. It lures listeners in with the slow, luxurious bassline and gentle piano chords of "So What." From that moment on, the record never really changes pace -- each tune has a similar relaxed feel, as the music flows easily. Yet Kind of Blue is more than easy listening. It's the pinnacle of modal jazz -- tonality and solos build from chords, not the overall key, giving the music a subtly shifting quality. All of this doesn't quite explain why seasoned jazz fans return to this record even after they've memorized every nuance. They return because this is an exceptional band - Miles, Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, and Wynton Kelly -- one of the greatest in history, playing at the peak of its power. As Evans said in the original liner notes for the record, the band did not play through any of these pieces prior to recording. Davis laid out the themes and chords before the tape rolled, and then the band improvised. The end results were wondrous, filled with performances that still crackle with vitality. Few albums of any genre manage to work on so many different levels, but Kind of Blue does. It can be played as background music, yet it amply rewards close listening. It is advanced music that is extraordinarily enjoyable. It may be a stretch to say that if you don't like Kind of Blue, you don't like jazz -- but it's hard to imagine it as anything other than a cornerstone of any jazz collection." (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com)
15 + 6 spår; speltid ca 64 + 55 min.
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Skivbolag: Columbia 88697 27105 2 (1958-60)
Format: 2-CD
Skick: Begagnad
Spår:
- So what
- Freddie Freeloader
- Blue in green
- All blues
- Flamenco sketches
- Flamenco sketches (alt take)
- Freddie Freeloader (studio sequence 1)
- Freddie Freeloader (false start)
- Freddie Freeloader (studio sequence 2)
- So what (studio sequence 1)
- So what (studio sequence 2)
- Blue in green (studio sequence)
- Flamenco sketches (studio sequence 1)
- Flamenco sketches (studio sequence 2)
- All blues (studio sequence)
- On Green Dolphin Street
- Fran-dance
- Stella by starlight
- Love for sale
- Fran-dance (alt take)
- So what
