Audio CD review:
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans - Kind of Blue

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans - Kind of Blue

Band: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans Title: Kind of Blue Rating: Release Date: 25 March, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: So What 2: Freddie Freeloader 3: Blue In Green 4: All Blues 5: Flamenco Sketches 6: Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take)

Editoral Review The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God's existence), listing John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans (or, on "Freddie Freeloader," Wynton Kelly) on piano, and the crack rhythm unit of Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason. Coltrane's astringency on tenor is counterpoised to Adderley's funky self on alto, with Davis moderating between them as Bill Evans conjures up a still lake of sound on which they walk. Meanwhile, the rhythm partnership of Cobb and Chambers is prepared to click off time until eternity. It was the key recording of what became modal jazz, a music free of the fixed harmonies and forms of pop songs. In Davis's men's hands it was a weightless music, but one that refused to fade into the background. In retrospect every note seems perfect, and each piece moves inexorably towards its destiny. --John Szwed .. You can see a complete list of all Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans discography, or go back to the Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans tabs