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Kind of Blue

art material performance music music album core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Miles Davis, bandleader and trumpeter
  • Miles Davis Sextet, performers

Canon Rationale

A core jazz recording, included for modal jazz, ensemble improvisation, recording history, and twentieth-century music reception.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 76.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Kind of Blue'.
  • institutional list: Library of Congress National Recording Registry, 'Kind of Blue'.

Audit Flags

version dependency, performance context required

Sensitivity Flags

performance context required

Completion unit: listen to the complete album, with recording/version tracked if needed.

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