Listening to NPR last night and heard a great story about Kind of Blue on it’s 50th anniversary. I believe this may be the best recording ever made and I’ve been listening to it for 30 of those years without tiring a bit. The record is a kind of miracle confluence of the very best players, the most amazing writing, the vision of the leader and truly magical live-in-the-studio (no tracking or remixing) performance. Cannonball Adderly said his playing was the best he had ever done. This could probably be said fairly of any of the others.

What really stands out is the lyrical beauty of the overall sound, filled with cool emotion. Love it.