Kind of Blue

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jazz album modal jazz album studio album

Kind of Blue is a landmark 1959 jazz album by Miles Davis, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential recordings in the history of jazz and popular music.

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Label Occurrences
Kind of Blue canonical 20
"Kind of Blue" 1
Kind of Blue (original LP) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz album ⓘ
modal jazz album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Miles Davis ⓘ
catalogNumber CL 1355 ⓘ
composer Miles Davis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
featuredMusician Bill Evans ⓘ
Cannonball Adderley ⓘ
Jimmy Cobb ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Paul Chambers ⓘ
Wynton Kelly ⓘ
followedBy Sketches of Spain ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ
hasCoverArt Kind of Blue album cover ⓘ
hasPart All Blues ⓘ
Blue in Green ⓘ
Flamenco Sketches ⓘ
Freddie Freeloader ⓘ
So What ⓘ
includedInList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ⓘ
influencedGenre jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
rock ⓘ
instrumentation alto saxophone ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length 45:44 ⓘ
mainSubject improvisation ⓘ
modal jazz theory ⓘ
medium compact disc ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ
notableFor influence on jazz ⓘ
status as one of the best-selling jazz albums ⓘ
use of modal harmony ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1959-08-17 ⓘ
performer Miles Davis ⓘ
precededBy Porgy and Bess ⓘ
producer Irving Townsend ⓘ
Teo Macero ⓘ
recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio ⓘ
recordedIn 1959-03-02 ⓘ
1959-04-22 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ

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Columbia Records → notableRelease → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Grammy Hall of Fame Award → hasNotableRecording → Kind of Blue ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Kind of Blue"
Miles Davis → notableWork → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Sketches of Spain → chronologyPreviousAlbum → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Bill Evans → notableWork → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Paul Chambers → notableWork → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Columbia 30th Street Studio → recordedAlbum → Kind of Blue ⓘ
So What → album → Kind of Blue ⓘ
So What → openingTrackOf → Kind of Blue ⓘ
So What → firstStudioAlbumAppearance → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Freddie Freeloader → partOfAlbum → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Freddie Freeloader → isOnLandmarkAlbum → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Blue in Green → album → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Blue in Green → partOf → Kind of Blue ⓘ
All Blues → partOfAlbum → Kind of Blue ⓘ
All Blues → partOfRelease → Kind of Blue ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kind of Blue (original LP)
Flamenco Sketches → album → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Flamenco Sketches → partOf → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Flamenco Sketches → associatedWork → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Wynton Kelly → performedOn → Kind of Blue ⓘ
this entity surface form: album "Kind of Blue"
Jimmy Cobb → notableWork → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Jimmy Cobb → notableAlbumAsSideman → Kind of Blue ⓘ
Irving Townsend → notableWork → Kind of Blue ⓘ