Miles Davis : Kind of Blue
Genre: Jazz	Dates: 1959

You say you don't like modern jazz? Because you don't "get" it? Here's an excellent place to begin changing your mind. Though, as usual with trumpeter Davis, it's very experimental—modal composition and improvisation—all you need to respond is working ears and emotions. Particularly fascinating is the contrast between Miles' stark, spare lines and tenor man John Coltrane's (see A Love Supreme, above) turbulent, searching solos. There's nothing to "get," really—if you've ever felt what the title suggests.

Playlist:

1. So What
2. Freddie Freeloader
3. Blue In Green
4. All Blues
5. Flamenco Sketches
6. Flamenco Sketches - (alternate take)