Charlie Parker is the biggest jazz musician of all time, Coltrane the most religiously beloved and Kind of Blue the greatest and most important jazz record, no matter what. Miles Davis at his best. If you were to buy one jazz record in your life, buy this one. As a matter of fact if you want to discover the entire jazz, start to discover records of the players that played in this record, then find players that played with them etc. Once upon a time I claimed you need
3 records to start jazz, actually this one is more than enough. And in many ways, the most appropriate.
Players:
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
- Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
- Bill Evans – piano
- Wynton Kelly – piano
- Paul Chambers – double bass
- Jimmy Cobb – drums