Entry 356 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

 

Sometimes you need something different... and this case I needed something very different. Jazz is not what I normally listen to, in fact I hardly ever listen to it. Lately though I've been needing some stuff that is completely out of my normal wheel house, so today Miles Davis hit the turn table.

There is something tranquil about Kind of Blue. The way the instruments interact with each other, play off each other, build something from nothing... it's kind of magical. Even when the band is going full bore and Miles is soloing his heart out the experience is never overwhelming.

This is the kind of record you want on during a tranquil evening. It is the kind of record that exemplifies what good dynamic range is all about. The quiet moments of the album are q u i e t, the loud moments of the record are amplified ten fold because of this peace found throughout the rest of the record.

There isn't much that I can say about this record that hasn't said before. I am also not nearly qualified enough to go into the history of Jazz and the intricacies of all the different soloing styles of the record or the genre. I just know that this is one hell of a record to put on during a quiet evening.