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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
grimace
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Miles Davis ESP. This pre-dates Kind of Blue by less than a year, the lineup is essentially the same. The music is a little more up-tempo, but there are some significant nods towards the modality of KOB to come. Also, IMHO the recording quality is better, as KOB seems to have suffered more than the usual number of mishaps along the way.
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hedgehog
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There have been some excellent suggestions made here. I would also recommend recordings from the same era from Harold Land, Benny Golson, Tina Brooks, Kenny Dorham, Art Pepper. If you're looking for a really "cool" and laid back sound, you must check out "Blue Hour" on vinyl or "The Complete Blue Hour Sessions" on CD...Stanley Turrentine w/ The Three Sounds.
henryhk
648 posts
 
Here is another one Way Out West by Sonny Rollins
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jafant
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KOB was released in 1959 -The Best Year in Jazz History-
Miles Davis
Dave Brubeck
Charles Mingus
Ornette Coleman
...and other honorable mentions.

all released Jazz masterpieces.
sevs
301 posts
 
I agree with all previous "evident suspects" simply because I got most of the albums as LPs or XRCDs.
My five cents (rather a million-dollar advise, posted here for free!):
Khmer by Nils Petter Molvaer, if you love Miles you will love this album.
also, ECM released a lot of "must-have" albums since 2006

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