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In 1958, after a string of critically aclaimed and sucessful albums, Miles Davis was searching for a new direction to take the music. His innovations would open up the world for improvisers. He recruited key players with the potential to solidify his new approach, forming his famed sextet with rising jazz giants John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans & Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb.
Miles hired the little-known Evans because he needed a pianist who was into the modal thing. Davis and Evans both had developed personal voices characterized by a melodic flow that suggested, rather than defined, musical structure. It was his relationship with Evans that created the spark that resulted in the album Kind of Blue.

The album was released on Columbia Records in 1959, stunning the jazz world by practically creating a new language of music. Its influence goes far beyond jazz. Kind of Blue is universally considered to be one of the best albums of all time, of any genre. Fifty years later, Kind of Bluethe epitome of spontaneous invention is still the best selling jazz album ever.

SPECIAL FEATURES
- Over 2 1/2 hours of audio including high fidelity studio and live material recorded by this allstar group of jazz giants
- A NEW 55-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY illuminating the story behind the album, featuring EXTENSIVE PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE and interviews with Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Cobb, Bill Cosby, Ron Carter, Q-Tip, Eddie Henderson, the late Ed Bradley, Shirley Horn and Jackie McLean (done in 2004), Dave Liebman, Horace Silver, Meshell Ndege'ocello, studio engineer Frank Laico, photographer Don Hunstein, Ashley Kahn, David Amram, Dan Morgenstern, John Scofield, and Carlos Santana.
- Bonus content including the historic 'Robert Herridge Theater: The Sound of Miles Davis' filmed in 1959 for CBS Television,
- PLUS a 'Miles Davis & Group' photo gallery
- A spectacular 60-page book with extensive essays by noted music writers Francis Davis (Jazz and Its Discontents; The History Of The Blues: The Roots, The Music, The People), Gerald Early (One Nation Under a Groove; Miles Davis and American Culture), and Ashley Kahn (Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece)
- Unseen photographs, record label memos, producer notes and documents that provide a glimpse into the creative process and place this historic event in context
- Memorabilia comprised of a facsimile of Bill Evans's 3-page hand-written liner notes; reproduction of 'Miles Davis & Group' Columbia Records promotional brochure; and six 8x10 photos
- 22"x 33" foldout poster of MILES

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