Critics and jazz fans alike consider Miles Davis' Kind of Blue an improvisational tour de force.
Davis cultivated an atmosphere of creative instability by rolling tape on his ensemble's first takes and refusing to rehearse. They turned out a collection of tunes that changed jazz history with an uncompromising sense of grace and invention.
Critic Tom Moon offers his appreciation.
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