Made in Heaven

I had mentioned Miles Davis's milestone album Kind of Blue in passing in a previous post about his music. The album has been deemed the defining moment of twentieth century music, achieving popularity among musicians, critics, music historians, and the public at large (if 679 user reviews at amazon.com, almost all praising it, were not enough proof - listen to the previous 4 links from a documentary called "Kind of Blue - Made in Heaven" where a number of people from various walks of life heap praise on the album and tell you what it means to them.)

This month, I have Kind of Blue and also Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain (another collaboration with Gil Evans) playing over and over again. Made in Heaven indeed!

Unlike my previous posts, I have decided to not link youtube videos to tracks from either album here. Go get it from the library or buy it and listen to it over and over again. Like one reviewer wrote:

Listening to this album will immerse you at once in a world that is dark, brooding, sophisticated, very cool, sexy, and langorous. Bottom line is: if you don't have this record in your collection, you don't have a collection.

Or like another reviewer (same as earlier one? Many of the sentences are the same in the two reviews. Either same one or a plagiarizer is at work at one of the two sites!) wrote:

Immerse yourself in Kind Of Blue, and you enter a dark and mysterious, almost sexy world with a zen like calm. This album isn’t just an album, it’s an experience.

Ok... I'll be kind. You can listen to full tracks of all but the 2nd track through Last.fm or all of them through Rhapsody, which allows you 25 free full tracks each month.