Miles Davis - Kind of Bluethe best selling jazz record of all time was released 48 years ago and it still sells thousands of copies a week. it is a universally acknowledged masterpiece, revered as much by rock and classical music fans as by jazz lovers. the album is miles davis' 'kind of blue'. the album brought together seven now legendary musicians in the prime of their careers: tenor saxophonist john coltrane, alto saxophonist julian 'cannonball' adderley, pianists bill

We tried songs by all sorts of people that never got on the record

primary-coloured synth-bounce and fizzing sheets of guitar noise

dating back to high school

These sessions also included the use of 70s Hohner and Eko drum machines

It also serves as an omen to the mini-orchestral works to come beginning with the Avec Laudenum album a few years later

Ut disbanded in 1990 and began performing again in 2010

But once we got into it we were like

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The album covers an extraordinary amount of ground in its 45 minutes

this is an emotional and musical breakthrough

with the inclusion of funk and soul grooves

which Madlib bought to listen to on a CD-R