I don't understand Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue"


I'm new to Jazz. While I enjoy Amstrong and Fitzgerald duo and some of Amstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven pieces, I fail to appreciate "Kind of Blue" which is praised by many as cornerstone CD in jazz. What I hear from the CD is background music that is repetitous throughout the song and seemingly random saxo, or similar instrument - pardon my ignorance of instruments, in the front. The background music bothers me because it's simple and repetitive. Perhaps this is not my type of music. Or should I listen to other CDs before appreciate this one?

Can someone educate me what is great about this CD?
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Showing 2 responses by warrenh

These are great posts about "Kind of Blue." It is ground breaking, beautiful, user friendly, jazz. Don't worry if you don't like it. Just keep plugging away at jazz, keep it on your shelf, and low and behold, one day it'll hit you. Jazz is kind of like sushi. I was told for years that uni is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I hated it and lost my stomach over it. Every once in a while I'd check it out. I love it like crazy now. Go figure. Try these Miles Davis ablums:
Relaxin With The Miles Davis Quintet
Milestones
Miles
Cookin' With the Mile Davis Quintet
Steamin'" " " " "
If these don't do it for you, you're just not ready for this guy. They should bring you back to the beauty of Kind of Blue.
happy listening,
warren
Well it's 35 posts later. Do you think you'll understand "Kind of Blue" now? Probably not, but you certainly have a lot of music to listen to. I'm familiar with all of these, for the most part, and they will, eventually, bring you back to Miles and all his earlier stuff. He is the man. Listen to what you like, relax and you might just get it. Happy listening.
P.S. Try this. Listen to some Wynton Marsalis. Amazing technician. Then listen to some early Miles. You tell me who moves you more. No contest...