Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue

Looks like you got a lot of good recommendations. The following are some additional albums to look into that are all classics with great, and quite accessible music:

Oliver Nelson: Blues and the Abstract Truth
Mal Waldron/Eric Dolphy: The Quest
Mingus: Ah Um
Mingus: Black Saint, Sinner Lady
Monk: Brilliant Corners (title cut is one of the truly great numbers)
Coltrane: Blue Trane
Johnny Hodges and Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra

living artists: (someone already mentioned Rollis' Saxophone Collossus)

Charlie Haden/Quartet West: Haunted Heart
Hancock: Maiden Voyage
Hancock: Maiden Voyage

Check out Tomasz Stanko "Soul of Things" and "Suspended Night".
Check out John Coltrane "The Ultimate Blue Train".

If you want other good Miles discs to consider, check out "Bitches Brew", "Sketches of Spain" and "Porgy and Bess".....but in general, nothing will be "like" "Kind of Blue".

"but in general, nothing will be "like" "Kind of Blue"."

I'm with Audphile1 here; KoB does not invite many direct comparisons (sui generis, as they say).

I find "Sketches of Spain," closer than many in the Miles catalog. I do not find the In recordings close, though "Cookin'" is unmissable, and the disc that got me into to Jazz.

For some reason, I find myself thinking of Evans' "Conversations with Myself" here, though I'm not sure what the similarities b/w it and KoB are, except for the same genius piano player.

If I may be forgiven a slight thread hijack, if you like the In recordings, seek out "Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section," which is likewise graced by Garland/Chambers/Jones. Then go to "Modern Art." Had them both on last night, after not listening to Pepper in a while. What a sweet, sweet, horn . . . .

jmd

a little more on 'in a silent way'. i read that someone had recommended such album on this thread. truth is , in a silent way is a very different period in miles davis vast catalog. it is from his 'electric' period in which he experimented with fusion and rock. it is a great album though, but it would be unfair to compare it to in a kind of blue. they're on different leagues, not even the same musical style. i would recommend the album, but be warned, it isn't pure 50's jazz. it is something else.

but "In a Silent Way" does not cut it for me. may be the sample on amazon is to short to feel it.

If you are destined to get into this album, listening to a taste on the 'net will definitely not make it happen. It's a "grow to love it" recording, IMO. As Proghead notes, it is not remotely like KOB, but is in fact closer to his electric stuff...which is not to missed either.

Definitely check out "L'Ascenseur pour L'Echafaud". It's a soundtrack, and one of his best recordings, IMO.