A Jazz Album Must-Have
I had planned on trying to update you some what new jazz albums were coming out this week. I found it nearly impossible to find that information. Apparently I am also not on any music labels mailing list for new albums either. Oh well, that may be my fault since I haven’t actually contacted any either.
So, I thought I would make a recommendation of a classic jazz album. It kind of goes along with my little life story thing too. It is the jazz album that changed my opinion of jazz. It is the albume that made made me sit there and listen.
The album is called “Kind of Blue” and it is by the great jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. It is an album that changed music when it came out and it is an album that I simply cannot live without in my CD collection.
When I worked at that campus radio station called KSLH on the campus of Webster University, I had no interest in jazz. I was only interested in radio. There was another guy on the station, he did mid-days, and he and I would have a competition to see who could get away with playing the longest track. We found some Keith Jarrett that went almost a half an hour. The station manager eventually put a stop to that, saying no tracks over fifteen minutes.
Still, the idea was to play a track that was long. Then I could play with the computer, call friends on the station phone, or wander the halls and visit other people. So, I was just looking for a long track to play when I picked the vinyl copy of “Kind of Blue” out of the library in the studio. I believe the track I played was called “All Blues.”
Now, my intent was to put that on and then wander around and goof around with people working in the media equipment center down the hall or something. So, I cued up the album the way I was taught. I went on the air and announced the song. I hit the red button and the album started.
To my surprise, I sat there. The sounds enveloped me. The trumpet playing was amazing. I felt chills running up and down my spine. My head was filled with that music. I didn’t even take my headphones off. I just sat there, hand still on the button, listening…until the last note died away and I had to scramble to find my next tune.
It was amazing. It was breathtaking. It changed me.
So, if you are looking for a way to get into jazz, take my advice, and pick up Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue.” It will blow you away.
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