On: Why was the 1959 album "Kind of Blue" by Miles Dav...

[ipunchghosts]

I really enjoy this record. What others would one recommend that are similar?

[wormius → ipunchghosts]

A few that might be up your alley:

Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWC5x9G45yo

Bill Evans - Waltz for Debbie https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUA0n-uVUEwLu2aEtHit-...

Possibly some Chet Baker (though he does a lot of vocal work too; I'm more partial to instrumentals): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4PKzz81m5c

Horace Silver - Songs for my Father https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWeXOm49kE0

[a_bonobo → ipunchghosts]

Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute and track-by-track remake :)

https://kindofbloop.com/

[bryanlarsen → ipunchghosts]

John Coltrane is on Kind of Blue and his 1960 album Giant Steps explores similar stuff.

[aworks → bryanlarsen]

These are two of my favorite albums but I can imagine those new to jazz thinking Giant Steps is too intense. Although not as intense as Coltrane's Interstellar Space...

[shermanyo → bryanlarsen]

Giant Steps is a great suggestion, I second this.

[muhrizqiardi → ipunchghosts]

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady is really good, personally love the Track C

A more recent one is Yussef Kamal - Black Focus

[gitonthescene → ipunchghosts]

Chet Baker - Let’s get lost Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights

Also check out Bossa Nova by João Gilberto for a similar vibe but a different style.

[jtotheh → ipunchghosts]

Miles Davis "Jazz at the Plaza" is pretty much the band from Kind of Blue, live. It's a good record.

There's another Miles record that is very meditative, "In a Silent Way" but it's quite different. Electric pianos and organ and John McLaughlin on guitar.

Kind of Blue is sort of an its own level, though.