Kind of Blue
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Summary
Kind of Blue is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,876 views/month, #171 of 60,676).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: SNEP double gold album[3]
- Genre: modal jazz[4], jazz[5]
- Producer: Irving Townsend[6]
- Performer: Miles Davis[7]
- Record label: Columbia Records[8]
- Place of publication: United States[9]
- Part of: Miles Davis's albums in chronological order[10]
- Language of work or name: no linguistic content[11]
- Distribution format: 33 RPM 12" vinyl[12], compact disc[13], music streaming[14]
- Review score: 5[15]
- Recorded at studio or venue: CBS 30th Street Studio[16]
- Publication date: August 17, 1959[17]
- Tracklist: So What[18], Freddie Freeloader[19], Blue in Green[20], All Blues[21], Flamenco Sketches[22]
- Title: Kind of Blue[23]
- Has characteristic: instrumental album[24]
- Different from: Kind of Blue[25]
- Duration: 3316 seconds[26]
- Number of parts of this work: 5 audio track[27]
- Form of creative work: studio album[28]
Product Details
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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia
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Release type: Album[29]
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First release date: 1959-08-17[30]
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Genre(s): cool jazz, hard bop, jazz, modal jazz, post-bop[31]
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Community tags: cool jazz, discogs/the most popular album released every year from 1950 to 2020, hard bop, jazz, jazz instrument, modal, modal jazz, modal music, post-bop, trumpet jazz[32]
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MusicBrainz ID: 8e8a594f-2175-38c7-a871-abb68ec363e7[33]
Why It Matters
Kind of Blue has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
FAQs
What awards did Kind of Blue receive?
Honors received include SNEP double gold album[3].