Kind Of Blue (studio album) by Miles Davis

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 36th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
89/100 (from 2,260 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1959 (1st)
Award Best album of the 1950s (1st)
Award Top 50 albums of all time (36th)

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Kind Of Blue is ranked as the best album by Miles Davis.

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89/100 (from 2,260 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 89.1/100, a mean average of 87.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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85/100
From 07/22/2024 21:28
Reawakened my enjoyment of Jazz, believe the hype about this album
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From 07/12/2024 20:56
Classic, one of the best jazz albums of all time
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From 03/01/2024 15:31
Truly a classic. Flawless from start-to-finish.
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From 12/23/2023 18:33
A stunningly beautiful album filled with complexity and subtlety. A definite must-own for any fan of Jazz. 10/10!
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90/100
From 11/16/2023 22:54
Non sempre le composizioni più difficili sono le più belle e questo disco ne è la dimostrazione vivente...in grado di far avvicinare generazioni alla musica jazz ma apprezzabile anche da ascoltatori più rodati. Per me questo è il DISCO JAZZ.
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From 07/16/2023 16:39
Fantastic!
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From 06/08/2023 18:10
It's simply the perfect jazz album.
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From 04/12/2023 21:02
98/100

With Kind Of Blues, Miles Davis shows that he was clearly going further than anyone else, so much so that this album will be a first inspiration as much musically as aesthetically that will allow other jazzmen (like Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman for example) to make very great albums like this one
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From 08/31/2022 03:23
Perfection
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From 08/07/2022 04:40
My introduction to Jazz! Great smooth stuff!
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Best Albums of 1959
1. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
2. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman
5. Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry
6. Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf
7. Little Girl Blue by Nina Simone
8. The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles
9. Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins
10. Chega De Saudade by João Gilberto
11. N° 4 by Jacques Brel
12. What'd I Say by Ray Charles
13. Porgy And Bess by Miles Davis
14. Ritchie Valens by Ritchie Valens
15. Jazz In Silhouette by Sun Ra And His Arkestra
16. Go Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
17. Chet by Chet Baker
18. Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet
19. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald
20. I'm John Lee Hooker by John Lee Hooker
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