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

Showing 1 response by mwheelerk

The Cannonball Adderly "Something Else" suggestion is probably closest. Others that I would consider ar Kenny Burrell "Midnight Blue" featuring guitar, Bill Evans "Portrait" and "Explorations" piano, Wynton Kelly "Kelly Blue" more piano, Chet Baker "Chet" trumpet with an even milder edge, maybe John Coltranes "Ballads" not considered one of his best but one of my favorites.

The Tomasz Stanko recommendations are a good suggestion. Along with "Suspended Night" I would look at "Soul of Things".

But, in the end "Kind of Blue" stands by itself as maybe the greatest jazz album of all time.