House Of Representatives Recognizes Miles Davis’ “Kind Of Blue”
Fifty years ago, in 1959, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis released what has become arguably the most famous jazz album of all time: Kind of Blue. Now, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to honor the landmark album’s contribution to the genre.
Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat who sponsored the measure, said Davis and his group “made musical history and changed the artistic landscape of this country and in some ways the world.” The resolution recognizing the album’s 50th anniversary passed on a 409-0 vote.
Kind of Blue features Davis and saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb.
The album has five songs: “So What,” “Freddie Freeloader,” “Blue in Green,” “All Blues” and “Flamenco Sketches.”