Kind of Blue
Genre | Jazz Instrument , Jazz , Hard Bop , Trumpet Jazz , Modal Music |
Release Date | August 17, 1959 |
Artist | Miles Davis |
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'Kind of Blue' drummer still keeping time as album turns 60
As legend has it, Miles Davis assembled a super group of jazz musicians in a New York studio and recorded a bunch of songs without retakes. Drummer Jimmy Cobb said that's mostly correct. The album, released 60 years ago, on Aug. 17, 1959, captured a moment when jazz was transforming from bebop to something newer, cooler and less structured.
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