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Monday, September 14, 2020

Monday Blues

In this edition of Monday Blues, I am featuring "blues" by album title - Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.  In this post, I am sharing the iconic "Flamenco Sketches."

Kick off the week and the Monday blues with "Flamenco Sketches" on Kind of Blue.


Kind of Blue
Release/Personnel

Released in August 1959

Ensemble sextet -
John Coltrane (saxophone)
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (saxophone)
Bill Evans (pianist)
Paul Chambers (bassist)
Jimmy Cobb (drummer)
(Wynton Kelly performed on one track in place of Bill Evans)

Kind of Blue 
Tracks 

Side One - 
"So What," "Freddie Freeloader," "Blue In Green"

Side Two-
"All Blues," "Flamenco Sketches"

Kind of Blue
Quotes/Influence

"...greatest jazz record, Davis's masterpiece, and one of the best albums of all time..."

"...best-selling jazz record of all time..."

Influential in jazz, rock, and classical genres

Kind of Blue
Honors

Added to the National Recording Registry (2002, Library of Congress)

No. 12 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)

Kind of Blue
Certifications

Gold in Belgium and Denmark
2x Gold in France
Silver in the Netherlands
Platinum in Italy and Poland
2x Platinum in Australia and the UK
5x Platinum in the U.S. 


Kind of Blue

The genre considered for Kind of Blue is Modal Jazz.  This, of course, is far from the blues genre as noted on Monday Blues.  However with "Blue" in the album title and in two of the tracks, I felt compelled to share the musically iconic -

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

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