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 pragmatist

I'n not really sure how similar or disimilar,but here are two more you might like. "Birth of the Cool" and "Sketches of Spain",both in colaboration with Gil Evans,with larger ensambles,and the orchestration possibilities that implies.

I read what you said about traditional sound,so take this one with a grain of salt. But,if you like Miles Davis,there is an old two LP set transcribed to CD or SACD,that combines, "Four and More" and "My Funny Valentine"-----for me,Miles's solo on MFV is worth the cost of the set.

Happy Listening.