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Music Appreciation

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,568 posts) Tue Aug 27, 2024, 06:00 AM Aug 27

On August 17, 1959, Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" was released.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_17

• 1959 – American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

Thu Aug 17, 2023: On this day, August 17, 1959, Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" was released.

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On August 17, 1959, Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" was released. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 27 OP

Such An Important Album ProfessorGAC Aug 27 #1

ProfessorGAC

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1. Such An Important Album

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Tue Aug 27, 2024, 01:33 PM

Aug 27

Technically it made modality musical. This album made modal playing less experimental & improvisational & more melodic & pleasing to the air.
But, they still took some risks.
And, Bill Evans' playing is magnificent.

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