Customer Reviews
Caution - By: C. Carswell, 15 Jul 2007 
I own several of MD's album - my personal favourite being Sketches of Spain. This album, which is rather dull, I made the mistake of buying on the basis of the track Rocker on a compilation. It's dificult to describe, but to me the sound is too undifferenciated to let the melodies & tune speak. It is an ambient album. Pleasant, but doesn't set the blood racing. Instead, buy in A Silent Way, Sketches... or Kind of Blue.....Or better yet by the Best of Blue Note Comp' - not a duff track on it
Not many better starts to jazz than this - By: Martin Lowe, 26 Nov 2004 
If you're new to jazz, you can easily be swayed away from the genre by stuff that sounds like a tray of dropped cutlery.
This, however, is a sheer joy to listen to - whether dipping a tentative toe into the ocean that is jazz, or if your beard smells of real ale & your favourite chords are augumented thirteenths.
The remarkable consensus amongst critics that this is one of the finest jazz albums made goes to show how strong it is. It is a major achievement that even jazz critics can't be snobbish about this - a groundbreaking record made in 1949 that still sounds fresh.
Buy - you will not be disappointed.
Cool and Blue - By: , 11 Sep 2001 The cool ooozes out of this great Miles classic. Surely, together with Kind of Blue, a must have...
And if you liked this one, check out Gerry Mulligan's "Rebirth of cool"
And a genius is born... - By: , 28 Apr 2001 This is where it alll starts, people. You have to hear this stuff. If the only jazz CD you've ever heard of is 'Kind Of Blue', for my money this has a little more bite to it - oooh controversial. Still great though.
