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Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue

Gents, please advice on picking up some jazz music. I am not so much into classic Jazz sound, but I found Miles Davis' Kind of Blue to be impressive. I would say the same thing to the song "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck.

I have so far sampled "Steps to Heaven", "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "Miles Ahead", but none of them come close to "Kind of Blue", IMHO. Can you point me to similar albums - Miles or others?

Thanks
planckscale
cincy_bob
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Try Cannonball Adderly's "Somethin' Else." The recording was made at the same time as Kind of Blue (March 1958) and features Miles Davis in addition to Cannonball Adderly. Great jazz.
bdgregory
1,715 posts
 
Dave Brubeck "Time In"
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boa2
1,551 posts
 
Tomasz Stanko - "Suspended Night"
musicslug
430 posts
 
relaxin' (miles davis)
crescent (john coltrane) - and, if you like that: 'alternate takes' and 'my favorite things', also by coltrane
celtic66
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Don't know if you are enamored by Miles' style of play or genre of jazz. As far as style, check out Howard McGhee, Clifford Brown and Chet Baker for similar styles of playing with a coolness.

As far as era of music it is endless with some of the top players being Ben Webster, JJ Johnson, Bill Evans, Sonny Criss and a cast of hundreds. You might find some samplers of jazz from labels such as Blue Note, Pablo and Concord Jazz.

If you have a decent public radio station with evening jazz programming, that can be a great source for information.
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