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
You might listen to Pandora.com and set up a "radio station" based on Miles Davis....playing similar music is what Pandora does. I have a Pandora/Davis station set up in my account...good stuff.
KOB is awesome. There aren't many other albums like it. In terms of style of music, I think of the "in'" Series (Relaxin', Steamin' Workin', Cookin'), maybe Steamin' is closest? You might also try "Porgy & Bess", and "Sketches of Spain". I like the moodiness of the soundtrack to "Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud" but it is not thought of as one of his better albums and there certainly isn't a "great band jammin'" aspect to it that makes KOB so special.

I second/third/whatever the suggestions of the two Bill Evans albums and "Somethin' Else" by Cannonball Adderley. The other CA album I might try is "Know What I Mean" which is an interesting counterpart to BE's "Waltz with Debby."
I'n not really sure how similar or disimilar,but here are two more you might like. "Birth of the Cool" and "Sketches of Spain",both in colaboration with Gil Evans,with larger ensambles,and the orchestration possibilities that implies.

I read what you said about traditional sound,so take this one with a grain of salt. But,if you like Miles Davis,there is an old two LP set transcribed to CD or SACD,that combines, "Four and More" and "My Funny Valentine"-----for me,Miles's solo on MFV is worth the cost of the set.

Happy Listening.
Forgot to mention, I just ordered "Someday My Prince Will Come"...you may want to look into this one.
Bill Evans: Waltz for Debbie, Live at the Vanguard, Live at Montreux. As you probably know, Bill Evans was the pianist on Mile's Kind of Blue.