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Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue

Gents, please advice on picking up some jazz music. I am not so much into classic Jazz sound, but I found Miles Davis' Kind of Blue to be impressive. I would say the same thing to the song "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck.

I have so far sampled "Steps to Heaven", "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "Miles Ahead", but none of them come close to "Kind of Blue", IMHO. Can you point me to similar albums - Miles or others?

Thanks
planckscale

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larryi
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Looks like you got a lot of good recommendations. The following are some additional albums to look into that are all classics with great, and quite accessible music:

Oliver Nelson: Blues and the Abstract Truth
Mal Waldron/Eric Dolphy: The Quest
Mingus: Ah Um
Mingus: Black Saint, Sinner Lady
Monk: Brilliant Corners (title cut is one of the truly great numbers)
Coltrane: Blue Trane
Johnny Hodges and Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra

living artists: (someone already mentioned Rollis' Saxophone Collossus)

Charlie Haden/Quartet West: Haunted Heart
Hancock: Maiden Voyage
Hancock: Maiden Voyage
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