Kind of Blue

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

Annotation

℗ «Originally released 1959 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.»

Countries excluded (Deezer + Spotify)

(As of 2022-04-12).

  • South America: 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (fk)
  • Northern Europe: 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (sj)
  • Eastern Africa: 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (io)
  • Oceania: 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (cc) 🇨🇽 Christmas Island (cx) 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island (nf)
  • Polynesia: 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (ck) 🇳🇺 Niue (nu) 🇹🇰 Tokelau (tk)
Annotation last modified on 2022-04-12 01:57 UTC.

Tracklist

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1So What
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut (on 1959-03-02)
producer:
Irving Townsend
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:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02)
remix of:
So What (stereo) by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
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)
4.259:22
2Freddie Freeloader
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02, from 1959-03 until 1959-04)
engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Irving Townsend
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, from 1959-03 until 1959-04)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02)
remix of:
Freddie Freeloader (stereo) by Miles Davis Quintet (US jazz group, active 1955–58 and 1964–68)
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)
3.759:46
3Blue in Green
engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Irving Townsend
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:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02)
remix of:
Blue in Green (stereo) by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
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)
3.45:37
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
4.4511:33
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)
4.159:26

Credits

Release group

artist & repertoire support:Patti Matheny
covers:Blue by Mostly Other People Do the Killing
Kind of Bloop by Andy Baio
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]