round about midnight Bruv i don’t where this thing around because i supported the south in a war that ended almost 200 years ago. I don’t wear it because I’m a racist either. I wear it because of the modern political ideas it represents today. It is a flag that sends the message “don’t tread on me”
The drum is like a train, with the wheels repetitvely banging on the rails, and saxos, trumpett phrases are like the trees passing by, that you contemplate in the light of the windows, as the train goes quietly trough the night.
WOW -- I couldn't have said it better myself ! Many times i've said IF i HAD TO BE STUCK with only ONE SONG for ALL ETERNITY it would HAVE TO BE MILES DAVIS ALL BLUES because it is SO PERFECT 💜❤💜❤💜❤
The tension created by Paul Chambers on Bass, Bill Evans on Piano, and Jimmy Cobb on Drums as the intro builds is sublime. What a Jaw Dropping Track!!!!
Agreed! I grooved to that line, that undercurrent of rhythm that was always there, even when you got lost in the story of emotions that the rest of the piece told. This was spectacular!
I've been listening to this album for over 60 years and still hearing new things. What an innovative and great interpretation and copulation of great tunes that never grow old. Setting the standard for every musician to learn and grow.
I LOVE THAT LOUIE! You have an envious certain way with words. I am tempted to borrow that one for my novel... It could be the opening line of my concluding chapter that we could call - "CLIMAX WITH MILES!". Such an improvement on the tired hackneyed old phrase "compilation of tunes". Seriously man, you got it goin' on! Have fun brother!
I bought a hand build, by a musician tube amplifier past summer with my small money i could save in these times. And i just bought a great DAC, the Audiolab M-DAC+ with the money i saved by not heating my home and put some clothes on. This song i had somewhere on my hard drive in high quality. When i tried my new DAC, this song came to play. Very boring was my first thought. But then the 40kg 2 x18 watt tube amplifier wanted a date with the DAC and together they made me a friend. It felt like a friendship when the dark undertone came alive. The tube amp is a power amp only. the rest comes from the Audiolab DAC/preamp. Such a joy to experience this. Thanks for building this great song.
Coltrane became my "Musical Hero" in 1959 when I heard his solo on this song right after this album was released - I later found out (in Ashley Kahn's book) that ALL BLUES was recorded on April 22, 1959, my 18th Birthday - what a present! - obviously being an "old man", I was fortunate to see Miles and Coltrane and Cannonball's groups during that "Great L.A. Jazz Scene" of the early to mid 60's - "KEEP ENJOYING THE SOUNDS OF JAZZ" (especially this album, the greatest album in the history of recorded music)
Listen here, this is the Miles Davis album & song that inspired Dickey Betts to write "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" for the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND. If you listen to the 1971 FILMORE EAST live vr. you can't help but hear it
Cannonball played the hell out of this song! They are all really great players but Cannonball has a special verve and flavour the way he goes at it. Makes me think of Eric Dolphy.
During an important getting and staying sober period of my life, went on a solo road trip from Denver to...where ever, so then I'm in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, go into a cool hippie kind of shop, flip through a few new cd's they had, this album just jumped out at me, like it was saying "now you are ready, now you will get it",. Drove to Dinosaur national monument, camped all alone under the stars in a vast wilderness I had never been to before, no one around for many, many miles, it's a vast and primitive desert region, put this album on about 10 pm and it has become one of the greatest albums of my life.
@@jplew138 I have a couple of contenders in Jazz. Alice Coltrane's "Journey In Satchidananda", and Lee Morgan's "Search For The New Land". I would also suggest Miles Davis' "In A Silent Way", though many feel that this album ended jazz as we knew it before 1969. Another might be Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay". All of these are legit contenders for best Jazz album ever. But you have a strong argument for "Kind Of Blue"! No doubt about it.
I started listening to jazz when I was about 10...I'm 62 now. I had a rough weekend and just decided to listen to some Robert Glasper, Chick Corea then this. I listened to So What first and tears just started flowing...I was brought back to a simpler, more innocent time...thank you...enough said
Yeh! you Dig it ! West African... Modal music ...concept..playing with all you talking about ... Miles is instrumentist ...musician..composer ...ARTIST.. The End of the tune with just one note...Music !
Probably the greatest album of all time. And like rock, blues, swing, soul, and jazz, and pretty much everything else. Pink Floyd and Coltrane are at the top of my obsession music list. I discovered Kind of Blue around '73. I'm 65 years old now.
I love All Blues, but my intro to Miles Davis was "In A Silent Way", and it Still puts me in a trance of bliss. My second Jazz album was Alice Coltrane's "Journey In Satchidananda", and it too puts me in a trance of bliss. I am 69 now, and this music never gets old. We lived through the greatest period of American music that will ever be, my friend.
Jazz is so absolutely real !!!! I remember when I reached my 30's and all of a sudden I wanted more of a defined sound that went with my life so I went to the music store and "Kind of Blue " just reached out to me, Im serious,it said if you are starting to try Jazz this should be your first thing to listen to, so I bought it, and Miles trumpet made me want to draw, and I dont draw, but I did that day and I did really well, its amazing the sounds guided me, I ve been drawing ever since.The music is never the same, you always hear something different, I feel that is what I love about Jazz.Before I leave this earth ,Im gonna take a trip, round trip I hope and just dig me some Jazz(sorry Miles) all day.
Yes! Rock & roll is okay, but it tends to be a "wall of sound". Where are the rests, where are the minimalist solos, where is the dynamic range, where are the complex modern chords?" Jazz is far more sophisticated, complex, mature and nuanced. It is several streams that flow, come together, diverge, disappear, re-appear and continue on to the sea. Rock & roll tends to be a tsunami that just rolls in and rolls on - about as subtle as a steam roller. Okay, sometimes we feel like getting steam rollered - but, more likely, as we mature we prefer to be seduced, beguiled and enchanted. And that is The Soul of Jazz. Miles Davis is still widely regarded as the God of Jazz...
It's very interesting that it made you want to draw... Miles himself saw and charted a lot of his music as colors or paintings, rather than notes and chords. It's been argued that he had synesthesia. Which gave us the gift that is his music.
If you listen carefully at the beginning, you can hear some subtle high notes on the piano. It could be that Bill Evans was managing to play the main piano part smoothly with just his left hand but I like to imagine Miles Davis walked over and played a few notes on the piano himself.
@Simon McCreath It is on a registration with Parkerr and a bigband. He came late and didn't know the arrangements, but just played a couple of tones before he sat in and played wondefully.
I lived in an apartment in the Pike Place Market in Seattle from 1990-95. I’m from Arkansas and had never lived in such a city. I had no car. I bussed and walked everywhere and as much as I could. I was affiliated only with the bare minimum of money making. It was all about learning, reading, music, exploring, laughing and loving for me then. Seattle was such a beautiful place to live my 20s. I saw Miles and his band at the Paramount a few months after I arrived in 1990. Miles didn’t play all that much. He let the younger players stretch out. He had signs that had their names on them that he held up when they played. I was lucky to see this show and am grateful for it. I had been listening to Amandla a lot when I first stepped off the Greyhound into Seattle. It was a bit of sensory overload for me there, I didn’t know anyone there; so I played Miles on my Sports Walkman as I walked around downtown learning the streets and the location of landmarks. My friend who’d moved there with me (I wasn’t alone) told me “Don’t get hit by a bus.” That actually nearly did happen once. This song, All Blues, is a song that frequently occurred to me, after I had shed the training wheels of my Walkman, when I would walk through the heart of the city when it was most alive. Thinking of this song would somehow allow me to feel I could see all around the city at once. People working, doing what must be done. People lounging, enjoying themselves, smiling. People studying, contemplating, seeking clarity and understanding. The wind, the air channeled through the corridors of the buildings, breezing through the earthbound streets, and rising again to fill the sky. Embraced, kissed by delicate sound, it’s a song of the city, swinging so bittersweetly.
This whole album is transcendant -- the musician serving the music by simply allowing it to flow through them ... they serve as the vehicle, and the music expresses beyond the mental level, is profoundly beyond the mind
'Trane literally rides in on his tenor and stamps an indelible groove on this tune that changed the sound of jazz. Rest in peace, the immortal titans of this legendary period in time.
After a wonderful night with the old friends, coming back home, what would I like to listen for 12 minutes? Mm I would like something about satisfaction and perfection, the sweet end..uuu the solo of Cannonball after the magic and mysterious Miles' intro. Do we want to give an approximate definition of what music is? Kind of Blue, one of the greatest and finer evolution of the more abstract art.
Mo Better Blues brought me here. Sadly it wasn't on the soundtrack. However after a search using SoundHound I was able to find out it was the great Miles Davis that composed this awesome piece !
The greatest innovator of all time. His sidemen became stars after they went on their own. Miles was involved in many of the innovations in jazz. This album is one of the landmarks of jazz.
@@judithpetree6329 Definitely. A gift is a gift. Glad that sharing is possible. Here's my latest if you have never heard it before. I wouldn't say it's ingenious, but the sentiment is fun: ua-cam.com/video/59FrTlhBH9g/v-deo.html. Thanks for listening, Judith and take care.
Sometimes you just need to find a quiet place and a Premium Cigar and a nice libation and Pair them with Miles Kind of Blue Album. Trust Me You need this! 🧨🔥💨💨💨🥃
@@jplew138 I will politely disagree, I think the best has to be giant steps because of the extreme technical difficulty of the changes and how he just shreads through them. Even the piano player had difficulty soloing for giant steps, and it it is so much easier to solo on piano in my opinion.
*slow clap* ... *it went into syncopation with the brushes* ... *i suddenly noticed myself clapping triplets after that point* ... *then it fluctuated between syncopes and triplets with the 2nd beat omitted* ... *i had become one with the blues, the blues had become a permanent part of me, hiding within me when I am not clapping, but always jamming with the beat of my heart*
I can do way better than appreciate this one,I actually love this one alot.This is Jazz at its best,to quote an old beer commercial,it doesn't get any better than this!.John Guinto
this album and Bill Evans' Sunday Afternoon at the Village Vanguard played on repeat the whole 8 months I was writing my thesis. Thank you Miles, John, Bill, Jimmy, Cannonball, Paul and Wynton
When I first heard the song, I found myself lost in a musical enigma, a sonic riddle that defied my understanding. The sounds that graced my ears were otherworldly, a mysterious, ethereal dance of notes that left me in a state of enchantment and confusion. I couldn't quite grasp what was happening, as if I had stumbled upon a musical portal to a different dimension, where the rules of conventional melody were bent and redefined. As the music played on, I felt like an explorer in an unfamiliar, fantastical realm. The musicians seemed to converse in a language only they comprehended, and I was the eager listener trying to decode their musical dialect. The journey into this auditory labyrinth was both bewildering and exhilarating, like being lost in a surreal dream where the surrealism was its own beauty. But as the composition unfolded, a transformative moment occurred. The enigma gave way to revelation, and the enigmatic became the sublime. The alien sounds suddenly took form, and I began to perceive the intricate web of jazz that was being woven before my ears. The inexplicable harmonies began to make sense, and the dissonance turned into a rich tapestry of musical colors. I felt like I had discovered a hidden treasure, a profound and intricate story told through notes and rhythms. This Maserpiece is an experience.
I was out on a first date with a guy I picked up at the post office. He took me to his place and played it kind of cool... And we drank a little. He had quite a vinyl collection and asked me what I wanted to hear.. I said.." put on something that sounds like you're on a rooftop in New York City... looking at all the lights... on a hot summer night.." and this is what he played for me.
As a 39-year employee of the US Postal Service, I can truly say that Postal guys are the coolest. Even if he wasn't a USPS employee, just being in the PO creates a magical vibe 😊
UA-cam and this Official Audio channel do a great disservice to the artists when I have to go to my recordings and read the liners to have any idea as to who played on each track. Saying every one is Miles Davis is to miss the whole point of ensembles.
Haha yup I know every note, every phrase of the whole album too...Best combination of musicians ever assembled in any one place at any one time in history. The key = Miles
This particular cut was the reason for me finally understanding and acceptance of "Kind of Blue" as the masterpiece that it is. I even remember the moment when it all clicked. It was in the wee hours of the morning, spring "92. I had just taken a position out of state and was living in an apartment, having gone out ahead of my family, to get started and find a new home for us to move to. I had a lot time on my hands in the evening and not sleeping well. I had purchased this album (CD) perhaps a couple of years earlier and had listened to it a little, casually at least. I knew it was supposed to be great but was rather ambivalent, thinking, yeah its OK but nothing special. However, this one night, must have listened to the album several times playing on a small Sony CD all-in-one CD player/radio/boombox while doing paper work in preparation for the next day. Later, after going to bed, I was unable to go to sleep so put this on and started listening in the dark, focusing solely on the music. When this cut started playing, I just let myself go with the music and by the end of the cut, I "Got It". To me, this piece is about unresolved tension. As the different players solo, they present similar ideas but only coalesce around a general theme which is never fully finalized but is completely unnecessary which I think is the purpose of the piece. After a few seconds of silence, the sublime "Flamenco Sketches" unfolds and you find yourself in a place of calm introspection. For me, I finally started to grasp the genius of the entire album. What incredible music. Over the years, I have purchased and given away easily 30 copies of this album to friends hoping at least one of them "Gets It", too.
You are now listening to one of the most genius artists of modern music.
Hi
I like your name
Shut your mouth you mediocre clarient player.
@@joeroganofficial5433 Burn your loser traitor battle flag. The chains came off six generations ago. Deal with it.
round about midnight
Bruv i don’t where this thing around because i supported the south in a war that ended almost 200 years ago. I don’t wear it because I’m a racist either. I wear it because of the modern political ideas it represents today. It is a flag that sends the message “don’t tread on me”
YES.
The drum is like a train, with the wheels repetitvely banging on the rails, and saxos, trumpett phrases are like the trees passing by, that you contemplate in the light
of the windows, as the train goes quietly trough the night.
Tu as raison. Tu as vu juste a mon avis. En effet, ce morceau m'inspire à peu de chose près la même chose, la même sensation. Félicitations !
fr bro, miles, COLTRANE AND BILL, miles had the perfect group and he didnt put it to waste, that piano intro is on another level
You got that exactly right man.
🤯
I am playing this with my sax teacher and your imagery is perfect! I wish I had your imagination
Julian "Cannonball" Adderly is his name, killing that alto saxophone.
….. is his game
Phenomenal solo, still learning the other half of solo!!
The apex of human civilization.
WOW -- I couldn't have said it better myself !
Many times i've said
IF
i HAD TO
BE
STUCK
with
only
ONE SONG
for
ALL
ETERNITY
it would
HAVE TO BE
MILES DAVIS
ALL BLUES
because it is
SO PERFECT
💜❤💜❤💜❤
I enjoy the song. But your assessment is quite the overstatement.
That intro is like a fog creeping through the night
Beautifully said.
I read frog hahahaha
i was like huh what i dotn see it
@@simianto9957 I did too! :)
Cannonball Adderley's solo is a monument of jazz music!
The tension created by Paul Chambers on Bass, Bill Evans on Piano, and Jimmy Cobb on Drums as the intro builds is sublime. What a Jaw Dropping Track!!!!
Li e piano est fabuleux
Then add Trane. Masterclass
It is pretty sublime! And unmistakable.
wild imagination
Agreed! I grooved to that line, that undercurrent of rhythm that was always there, even when you got lost in the story of emotions that the rest of the piece told. This was spectacular!
I've been listening to this album for over 60 years and still hearing new things. What an innovative and great interpretation and copulation of great tunes that never grow old. Setting the standard for every musician to learn and grow.
All for copulation with great tunes!
@@kevinmccarty4242 I was thinking the same thing!
I LOVE THAT LOUIE! You have an envious certain way with words. I am tempted to borrow that one for my novel... It could be the opening line of my concluding chapter that we could call - "CLIMAX WITH MILES!". Such an improvement on the tired hackneyed old phrase "compilation of tunes". Seriously man, you got it goin' on! Have fun brother!
You may want to refer to a dictionary and reconsider your use of the word "Copulation" in your paragraph. - 😃
everytime i learn more abt music theory i enjoy this album way more 100% agree
Reading the comments gives me hope for Humanity. These days, no small feat.
... Big Respect for sharing your comment.
i am in
I am a 25 years old colombian and I love this kind of music!
@@danielvega646 pues ya somos 2 por aca
Have a nice day people who listen to this kind of music. Yall are rare... ❤
No te creas tan especial , gente que quizás crees que es inferior intelectualmente a ti ya escuchó esto mucho antes que tu
@@fabmusicman4 where did you pull that from? People who like jazz are definitely a minority.
@@claytonmalone1710 Otro que se cree especial 🙄
I bought a hand build, by a musician tube amplifier past summer with my small money i could save in these times. And i just bought a great DAC, the Audiolab M-DAC+ with the money i saved by not heating my home and put some clothes on. This song i had somewhere on my hard drive in high quality. When i tried my new DAC, this song came to play. Very boring was my first thought. But then the 40kg 2 x18 watt tube amplifier wanted a date with the DAC and together they made me a friend. It felt like a friendship when the dark undertone came alive. The tube amp is a power amp only. the rest comes from the Audiolab DAC/preamp. Such a joy to experience this. Thanks for building this great song.
You're absolutely, positively, right, man.😎
This is where it all begins. The purest form of music. Music for life.
Well said!
You’re not wrong there man.
Yess
Yb better 😹
"Music is the best " F. Zappa . 😎
The best 11 minutes you will ever spend in your life by listening to this
Eu tot așa cred, capodopera 😊❤
I couldn't agree more!.John Guinto
Coltrane became my "Musical Hero" in 1959 when I heard his solo on this song right after this album was released - I later found out (in Ashley Kahn's book) that ALL BLUES was recorded on April 22, 1959, my 18th Birthday - what a present! - obviously being an "old man", I was fortunate to see Miles and Coltrane and Cannonball's groups during that "Great L.A. Jazz Scene" of the early to mid 60's - "KEEP ENJOYING THE SOUNDS OF JAZZ" (especially this album, the greatest album in the history of recorded music)
Must have been at the Manne Hole, in Hollywood. Great times.
I am envious. you got to see them? 62 here--missed them all live. did see Sonny Rollins. cheers (in walked) bud : )
You are listening to greatness.
yup. i agree
Yeah there are few things that are definitive in this life but if you don't think this is absolutely brilliant you are objectively long
Amen
Semper Fi
Listen here, this is the Miles Davis album & song that inspired Dickey Betts to write "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" for the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND. If you listen to the 1971 FILMORE EAST live vr. you can't help but hear it
For Jimmy Cobb, the drummer on this. Godspeed and good journey, Jimmy Cobb.
That was nice you to say that for Jimmy.
He is so underrated.
I always loved how Coltrane gets a drum roll before his solo
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, makes me smile every time (though personally I like Cannonball's solo better)
Cannonball played the hell out of this song! They are all really great players but Cannonball has a special verve and flavour the way he goes at it. Makes me think of Eric Dolphy.
@@rescuethecows Same! I dearly love Coltrane, but Cannonball really does it for me.
Best comment ever!
@@warrendoris9669 ...Eric Dolphy??!!
Definitely, One of the GREATEST albums of all time!
During an important getting and staying sober period of my life, went on a solo road trip from Denver to...where ever, so then I'm in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, go into a cool hippie kind of shop, flip through a few new cd's they had, this album just jumped out at me, like it was saying "now you are ready, now you will get it",. Drove to Dinosaur national monument, camped all alone under the stars in a vast wilderness I had never been to before, no one around for many, many miles, it's a vast and primitive desert region, put this album on about 10 pm and it has become one of the greatest albums of my life.
One of the greatest Jazz albums ever recorded. Period!
One of the greatest albums period
The best.....
Get rid of “One of”
THE greatest jazz album ever recorded.
Maybe the greatest ALBUM ever recorded.
@@jplew138 I have a couple of contenders in Jazz. Alice Coltrane's "Journey In Satchidananda", and Lee Morgan's "Search For The New Land". I would also suggest Miles Davis' "In A Silent Way", though many feel that this album ended jazz as we knew it before 1969. Another might be Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay". All of these are legit contenders for best Jazz album ever. But you have a strong argument for "Kind Of Blue"! No doubt about it.
Lord have mercy. The most beautiful song ever made
And the rest of the album is great also.
You right 😉
I started listening to jazz when I was about 10...I'm 62 now. I had a rough weekend and just decided to listen to some Robert Glasper, Chick Corea then this. I listened to So What first and tears just started flowing...I was brought back to a simpler, more innocent time...thank you...enough said
I am 20 years on you ... have been listening to & playing this for many years ... things change, but I still like the 50s-80s jazz
Thank you Dad. Rest in power. I told you I would never stop listening to this
One of the greatest albums ever made. Of anything. Ever.
these notes, these sounds, these intervals... the timbre and the tone... more powerful than any ideology
Yeh! you Dig it ! West African... Modal music ...concept..playing with all you talking about ... Miles is instrumentist ...musician..composer ...ARTIST.. The End of the tune with just one note...Music !
Totally agree. MAGA!
@@k4yr4d This is music, take your politricks elsewhere. Awaaaaay with it!
This is forever all blues Mr. Davis
I forgot but I don't have to see the cover to know I can hear the 🚅 train opps here the piano 🎹 speaks the great
Bill Evans on the keys
Coltrane on the sax
Miles davis on the trumpet
This is the twisted fantasy of jazz.
Is it Adderly or Coltrane? Some of the other commenters said Adderly, and some said Coltrane.
@dansf2 Everything I've read said coltrane. If not than not srill a great project
@@LeoMes01 I thought so too, and it sounds like him as well.
Both of them actually, Adderly on Alto, Trane on tenor.
@@DrWil13 Ah
Cool
Probably the greatest album of all time. And like rock, blues, swing, soul, and jazz, and pretty much everything else. Pink Floyd and Coltrane are at the top of my obsession music list. I discovered Kind of Blue around '73. I'm 65 years old now.
What? No Bach or Mozart?
I dig the whole personell Ron cater played on Billy Cobhams Spectrum L.P. T bolin and Ron what a groove
I love All Blues, but my intro to Miles Davis was "In A Silent Way", and it Still puts me in a trance of bliss. My second Jazz album was Alice Coltrane's "Journey In Satchidananda", and it too puts me in a trance of bliss. I am 69 now, and this music never gets old. We lived through the greatest period of American music that will ever be, my friend.
One of the first albums I bought in '63, I was 18. I still love it, I went on to listen to Miles and Cannonball in small clubs in LA.
Jazz is so absolutely real !!!! I remember when I reached my 30's and all of a sudden I wanted more of a defined sound that went with my life so I went to the music store and "Kind of Blue " just reached out to me, Im serious,it said if you are starting to try Jazz this should be your first thing to listen to, so I bought it, and Miles trumpet made me want to draw, and I dont draw, but I did that day and I did really well, its amazing the sounds guided me, I ve been drawing ever since.The music is never the same, you always hear something different, I feel that is what I love about Jazz.Before I leave this earth ,Im gonna take a trip, round trip I hope and just dig me some Jazz(sorry Miles) all day.
Yes! Rock & roll is okay, but it tends to be a "wall of sound". Where are the rests, where are the minimalist solos, where is the dynamic range, where are the complex modern chords?" Jazz is far more sophisticated, complex, mature and nuanced. It is several streams that flow, come together, diverge, disappear, re-appear and continue on to the sea. Rock & roll tends to be a tsunami that just rolls in and rolls on - about as subtle as a steam roller. Okay, sometimes we feel like getting steam rollered - but, more likely, as we mature we prefer to be seduced, beguiled and enchanted. And that is The Soul of Jazz. Miles Davis is still widely regarded as the God of Jazz...
It's very interesting that it made you want to draw... Miles himself saw and charted a lot of his music as colors or paintings, rather than notes and chords. It's been argued that he had synesthesia. Which gave us the gift that is his music.
@@alanmcrae8594 Nobody could have phrased it in a better way!
This album will trigger your DNA into the jazz world to discover a universe of great art!
Alan McRae ...Miles Dewey Davis III was not the God of Jazz. That's your opinion. He was one of the leaders of modern jazz.
The chemistry between Miles and Bill is impressive.
and Teo Maceo......
Who?
Pedro Ferrer : the guy who produced the album & was a major player in its final version...it was Tei & Miles album
And Miles and Davis.
impressive...how about...cosmic?
If you listen carefully at the beginning, you can hear some subtle high notes on the piano. It could be that Bill Evans was managing to play the main piano part smoothly with just his left hand but I like to imagine Miles Davis walked over and played a few notes on the piano himself.
You also hear Charlie Parker play a couple of tones before he sets in. He didn't NEW the arrangements before he came.
@Simon McCreath It is on a registration with Parkerr and a bigband. He came late and didn't know the arrangements, but just played a couple of tones before he sat in and played wondefully.
I lived in an apartment in the Pike Place Market in Seattle from 1990-95. I’m from Arkansas and had never lived in such a city. I had no car. I bussed and walked everywhere and as much as I could. I was affiliated only with the bare minimum of money making. It was all about learning, reading, music, exploring, laughing and loving for me then. Seattle was such a beautiful place to live my 20s. I saw Miles and his band at the Paramount a few months after I arrived in 1990. Miles didn’t play all that much. He let the younger players stretch out. He had signs that had their names on them that he held up when they played. I was lucky to see this show and am grateful for it. I had been listening to Amandla a lot when I first stepped off the Greyhound into Seattle. It was a bit of sensory overload for me there, I didn’t know anyone there; so I played Miles on my Sports Walkman as I walked around downtown learning the streets and the location of landmarks. My friend who’d moved there with me (I wasn’t alone) told me “Don’t get hit by a bus.” That actually nearly did happen once. This song, All Blues, is a song that frequently occurred to me, after I had shed the training wheels of my Walkman, when I would walk through the heart of the city when it was most alive. Thinking of this song would somehow allow me to feel I could see all around the city at once. People working, doing what must be done. People lounging, enjoying themselves, smiling. People studying, contemplating, seeking clarity and understanding. The wind, the air channeled through the corridors of the buildings, breezing through the earthbound streets, and rising again to fill the sky. Embraced, kissed by delicate sound, it’s a song of the city, swinging so bittersweetly.
It's a beautiful story, John.
on the greatest track on a great album, coltrane and cannonball are in total harmony. their different styles make a perfect whole.
My favorite jazz tune of all time. A true masterpiece, as is the whole album.
so true!
Indeed!
3:58 this riff grabbed my soul
I was born in 68. I can’t believe that a few years before I was born they were playing music this damn cool! Thank you Mr. Miles Davis!
This is 65 yrs old today -22nd April 1959. It's also Paul Chambers' 89th birthday.
And is still mind blowing
It (almost) goes without saying, but Miles always had the baddest cats in his bands, every one.
And this is just sheer transcendence, at it's purest.
This whole album is transcendant -- the musician serving the music by simply allowing it to flow through them ... they serve as the vehicle, and the music expresses beyond the mental level, is profoundly beyond the mind
Still the bestselling jazz album ever
'Trane literally rides in on his tenor and stamps an indelible groove on this tune that changed the sound of jazz. Rest in peace, the immortal titans of this legendary period in time.
I grew up listening to miles,MY mother had everything he ever made! R.I.P. MOM!😢
Your mom had great taste in music.
After a wonderful night with the old friends, coming back home, what would I like to listen for 12 minutes? Mm I would like something about satisfaction and perfection, the sweet end..uuu the solo of Cannonball after the magic and mysterious Miles' intro. Do we want to give an approximate definition of what music is? Kind of Blue, one of the greatest and finer evolution of the more abstract art.
This is music for the soul,so refined and pure.Nobody ever will be cool as those guys ..making history,inspiring generations.what a legacy folks.
amazing, I love the part that went dooo de doo de doo doooo
It’s sad that none of my friends listen to jazz or know who miles davis we live in a sad time 😢
With all due respect, perhaps it is time to get some NEW friends, and to EDUCATE your old friends.
show them this album!
Get some new friends😊
Yes...soulless. Though, here we are drenched in the sweet magic of ,Miles, Coltrane...Evans. Focus on those who do recognize the genius. 💜🔥🌀💜
In my opinion, no jazz album surpasses this one... or surpasses this jazz group.
This glorious piece if music was recorded 60 years ago today, and it still sounds fresh
frank zappa W
Mo Better Blues brought me here. Sadly it wasn't on the soundtrack. However after a search using SoundHound I was able to find out it was the great Miles Davis that composed this awesome piece !
Brilliant, stick six geniuses in a room and this is what you get... One the greatest tunes ever1
I like listening to this small smoking pot and doing physics in 7th grade
It always raises the goosebumps on me
@@josephmiller7076 i was doing weef in 2nd grade by 7tg i moved on to cocaine and lsd
@@josephmiller7076 how did that work out??
And give them cocaine nd weed
One of the greatest tracks of all time ❤🌃🏙🌆🌇
Cooling the sorrows of my heart
The greatest innovator of all time. His sidemen became stars after they went on their own. Miles was involved in many of the innovations in jazz. This album is one of the landmarks of jazz.
Charles Barry ...Miles Dewey Davis III was one of the greatest innovators of all time.
Not just jazz,
fr bro. remember, never play the butter notes
I do believe that the classic jazz greats like Miles created a standard that every musician reaches for.
Pure genius
@@judithpetree6329 Definitely. A gift is a gift. Glad that sharing is possible. Here's my latest if you have never heard it before. I wouldn't say it's ingenious, but the sentiment is fun: ua-cam.com/video/59FrTlhBH9g/v-deo.html. Thanks for listening, Judith and take care.
My favorite album of all time !
Not my favorite but real close
John Harmon
Me too. My favorites are Switched on Bach 1 and 2, Headhunters, Giant Steps, Love Supreme, and My Favorite Things
@@joeroganofficial5433 Can't go wrong with 'Trane or Herbie.
My favorite too
I can understand that.
Miles Davis horn is very mellow smooth and sweet.
MAYDAYES it's also because he is using a Harmon Mute
@@michaelcheng2105 More specifically, he took the stem out of his harmon mute
A good source told me that Miles and John are usually requested (by the most high) to play this on Jazzy Sunday in heaven,
9:08 - 9:11 is the greatest piano riff I’ve ever heard , it’s haunting and ecstatic at the same time
so good that it became its own inversions that every jazz pianist has to learn
A bit muddy to my ears, but still good
Sometimes you just need to find a quiet place and a Premium Cigar and a nice libation and Pair them with Miles Kind of Blue Album. Trust Me You need this! 🧨🔥💨💨💨🥃
Bill's intervals, these harmony...oh my GOD!!! Legends of a Jazz World
The greatest players playing on one of the greatest albums of all time, who could dislike this?!?
This is a song you just listen too ,block out the world and just VIBE!!!
I agree with you
jimmy cobb's is very subtle...a real percussionist !
A masterpierce !!! the duet Coltrane and Davis are magnificent.
Jon Coltrane’s solo from 6:15 to 7:15. Is the greatest one minute of jazz ever recorded. It’s literally what heaven must feel like
Might be the best solo Trane ever did...
@@jplew138 I will politely disagree, I think the best has to be giant steps because of the extreme technical difficulty of the changes and how he just shreads through them. Even the piano player had difficulty soloing for giant steps, and it it is so much easier to solo on piano in my opinion.
@@evanmisejka4062 you make a great point and I can’t really disagree with anything you said
@@evanmisejka4062 I get everything you've said. But as far as pure bluesy feeling PLUS the sheets of sound, I think this is it 😉
That Cannonball solo though...
Me: "wait, it's all blues."
Miles Davis: "Always has been."
Lmao i love that meme
*slow clap*
...
*it went into syncopation with the brushes*
...
*i suddenly noticed myself clapping triplets after that point*
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*then it fluctuated between syncopes and triplets with the 2nd beat omitted*
...
*i had become one with the blues, the blues had become a permanent part of me, hiding within me when I am not clapping, but always jamming with the beat of my heart*
Miles Davis: "so what?"
Jazz was heavy influenced by the Blues
"I'm blue dabadee dabadaa" - miles, probably
I actually feel sorry for those who can't appreciate this
I can do way better than appreciate this one,I actually love this one alot.This is Jazz at its best,to quote an old beer commercial,it doesn't get any better than this!.John Guinto
I appreciate this so much! I listen every day.
This is such fantastic timeless music, the whole album
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Adderley's solo is just gorgeous, so deeply felt (like everything else about this song).
I always thought Cannonball was so underrated.
@@waynejohanson1083 Agree 100%
Master class in the use of time and space. They just gave the music room to really breathe. Just fantastic, both in 1959 and still today.
They just weren’t in a hurry to get there. Defined the boundaries and proceeded to mock the concept of confinement
My mum died in November 2023,through the whole process this song calmed me down. Thank you Miles
I am sorry for your loss. Same thing with me along with a lil red wine and Mary Jane. RIP Mrs. Epps
Words cannot describe how this music feels when I hear it. Truly a beautiful classic.
The song that will be played at my funeral…hopefully not for many years lol. Until then, I’ll just keep loving my favorite piece ever.
Coltrane's Solo Always Leaves Me Mesmerized !!!!!!!
Hey Bro I wholeheartedly agree with you. Coltrane's solo is a gem. The phrasing is just out of this world.
🫡💯"Masters"!❤
One of the greatest jazz songs I’ve ever heard
This is a masterclass in taste, timing, using the rests and letting things breathe.
How can one dislike this album.
What a Classic......
It gives you the chills...
75 years later and it is still a standard
Recorded March 2 and April 22, 1959 ---- coming up on 65 years as March 2024 approaches
Arguably the most important track on one of the most important albums of the 20th century
Bill Evans was the perfect choice as pianist on this album. Timing, space and nuance exquisitely balanced throughout.
One of my absolute all time favorite albums. Definite desert island pick
MO BETTA MAKE IT MO BETTA.
Most life changing album of my entire being
I know
It is one of the greatest pieces of art ever created!
Miles at his best, or should I say another one of his best tunes !
Jimmy Cobb, you introduced me to jazz drumming. Thank you so much.
Rest in peace Mr. Cobb
I consider Mr. Cobb and Mr. Chambers the greatest rhythm section ever.
this is one of the best songs ever recorded
this album and Bill Evans' Sunday Afternoon at the Village Vanguard played on repeat the whole 8 months I was writing my thesis. Thank you Miles, John, Bill, Jimmy, Cannonball, Paul and Wynton
When I first heard the song, I found myself lost in a musical enigma, a sonic riddle that defied my understanding. The sounds that graced my ears were otherworldly, a mysterious, ethereal dance of notes that left me in a state of enchantment and confusion. I couldn't quite grasp what was happening, as if I had stumbled upon a musical portal to a different dimension, where the rules of conventional melody were bent and redefined.
As the music played on, I felt like an explorer in an unfamiliar, fantastical realm. The musicians seemed to converse in a language only they comprehended, and I was the eager listener trying to decode their musical dialect. The journey into this auditory labyrinth was both bewildering and exhilarating, like being lost in a surreal dream where the surrealism was its own beauty.
But as the composition unfolded, a transformative moment occurred. The enigma gave way to revelation, and the enigmatic became the sublime. The alien sounds suddenly took form, and I began to perceive the intricate web of jazz that was being woven before my ears. The inexplicable harmonies began to make sense, and the dissonance turned into a rich tapestry of musical colors. I felt like I had discovered a hidden treasure, a profound and intricate story told through notes and rhythms.
This Maserpiece is an experience.
One of the important jazz songs.
Smoother than any top shelf liquor 🥃
This album sure does go down smooth. There is no roughness in it all. It is so clean and clear.
speaks for itself.
I was out on a first date with a guy I picked up at the post office. He took me to his place and played it kind of cool... And we drank a little. He had quite a vinyl collection and asked me what I wanted to hear.. I said.." put on something that sounds like you're on a rooftop in New York City... looking at all the lights... on a hot summer night.." and this is what he played for me.
As a 39-year employee of the US Postal Service, I can truly say that Postal guys are the coolest. Even if he wasn't a USPS employee, just being in the PO creates a magical vibe 😊
The Solos in this song are great , every sideman here is fantastic , the opening solo by Miles !!
The greatest album ever made.
Miles Davis. The great innovator
man, what a line up in this album!
Bill Evans on piano, Paul Chambers on Bass, John Coltrane on Sax?? and don't forget Mr. Cannonball Adderley too!
Let’s not forget Jimmy Cobb on drums.
Wynton Kelly was on it two.
I got to see Miles 2 times in the 80,s! He,s definetley one of the Cat,s! This album came out the year I was born 1959!
How was he on those nights. I bet he could still really play.
I love the simplicity of the compositions on this album
It's a well designed simplicity. It takes a lot of learning to play only the right notes and this album is a result of that. Pure groove for eternity
thats what makes it great
UA-cam and this Official Audio channel do a great disservice to the artists when I have to go to my recordings and read the liners to have any idea as to who played on each track. Saying every one is Miles Davis is to miss the whole point of ensembles.
I’ve listened to this album so much I memorized the notes when I hear this song.
It's obvious
Same...
Every note, every solo, every instrument... I feel you....
Me too! I play every single note of every single bar every time I hear it!
Haha yup I know every note, every phrase of the whole album too...Best combination of musicians ever assembled in any one place at any one time in history. The key = Miles
This particular cut was the reason for me finally understanding and acceptance of "Kind of Blue" as the masterpiece that it is. I even remember the moment when it all clicked. It was in the wee hours of the morning, spring "92. I had just taken a position out of state and was living in an apartment, having gone out ahead of my family, to get started and find a new home for us to move to. I had a lot time on my hands in the evening and not sleeping well.
I had purchased this album (CD) perhaps a couple of years earlier and had listened to it a little, casually at least. I knew it was supposed to be great but was rather ambivalent, thinking, yeah its OK but nothing special.
However, this one night, must have listened to the album several times playing on a small Sony CD all-in-one CD player/radio/boombox while doing paper work in preparation for the next day. Later, after going to bed, I was unable to go to sleep so put this on and started listening in the dark, focusing solely on the music. When this cut started playing, I just let myself go with the music and by the end of the cut, I "Got It". To me, this piece is about unresolved tension. As the different players solo, they present similar ideas but only coalesce around a general theme which is never fully finalized but is completely unnecessary which I think is the purpose of the piece.
After a few seconds of silence, the sublime "Flamenco Sketches" unfolds and you find yourself in a place of calm introspection. For me, I finally started to grasp the genius of the entire album. What incredible music.
Over the years, I have purchased and given away easily 30 copies of this album to friends hoping at least one of them "Gets It", too.
This is a Masterwork. This is a man who personifies fantastic GENIUS!
No auto tune, u can't phone n talent
One of the best tunes of the twentieth-century Kent Vogel A.S.C.A.P WBD