Album Club Monthly
March 2026
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This Month's Pick
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis · 1959 · Jazz
"In 1959 Miles Davis with Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, and Wynton Kelly recorded Kind of Blue in two sessions with almost no rehearsal. What came out is 45 minutes of music that sounds like it was always there, waiting to be uncovered rather than written. It doesn't rush. It doesn't show off. It breathes. So what?"
"In 1959 Miles Davis with Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, and Wynton Kelly recorded Kind of Blue in two sessions with almost no rehearsal. What came out is 45 minutes of music that sounds like it was always there, waiting to be uncovered rather than written. It doesn't rush. It doesn't show off. It breathes. So what?"
Discussion
Members onlyFirst time sitting with this start to finish with headphones on. "Blue in Green" completely wrecked me. That Bill Evans intro. I wasn't ready.
Interesting to come back to this after spending time with Coltrane's Giant Steps — same year, completely opposite philosophy. Davis is doing the opposite: maximum space, minimum notes.
The side A/side B split on the original pressing is doing a lot of work. "So What" into "Freddie Freeloader" into "Blue in Green" is one of the greatest album openings ever recorded.
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