MILES AHEAD OF THE PACK

60yrs ago today, the legendary trumpet player released his masterpiece LP. An artisitic groundbreaking highlight much acclaimed & highly influential, many writers n' music critics consistently regard it as the greatest & most important jazz album of all time - which to this day remains Davis' & the genre's best selling record. The recording sessions of just 5 tracks feature future saxophone giants John Coltrane & Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley and the tracks have naturally become standards. With an improvisatory diverse cast of recent compliments coming from Duane Allman to producer Quincy Jones & rapper Q-Tip, Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright perhaps paid the album an ultimate praise saying that the chord progressions helped inspire the structure of the introductory chords to the classic song "Breathe" on their 1973 landmark opus, The Dark Side of the Moon. Some have regarded the initial impact of the Davis album as having been muted by the arrival of saxophonist Ornette Coleman one year prior to release with Davis apparently greatly annoyed that the famous free jazz innovator had stolen some of his thunder while he was offering his own alternative to the rigid rules of bebop at the same time. Still, his paradigm shift with fusion would come later. Kind of Blue has been certified quadruple platinum in sales, chosen by the Library of Congress where it has been added to the National Recording Registry, ranked as high as 12th on Rolling Stone magazines's list of 500 greatest albums of all time and continues to be recommended as an introductory album for those exploring jazz for the first time.