A Love Supreme or Kind of Blue?

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Kind of Blue is claimed to be the best selling jazz album ever, and with its 50th anniversary just passed* still selling well - perhaps reflecting a great appeal to non-jazz fans than other recordings.

* 1959 was indeed  a year for major jazz innovations, e.g. these examples

Coltrane's Giant Steps
Charlie Mingus's Mingus Ah Um 
Ornette Coleman's Shape Of Jazz To Come
Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out

Poll Question: Which one is (definitely) better
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Kind of Blue	14	[42.42%]
A Love Supreme	19	[57.58%]
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Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12798	Posted: October 22 2009 at 06:53
	Kind of Blue is claimed to be the best selling jazz album ever, and with its 50th anniversary just passed* still selling well - perhaps reflecting a great appeal to non-jazz fans than other recordings. * 1959 was indeed a year for major jazz innovations, e.g. these examples Coltrane's Giant Steps Charlie Mingus's Mingus Ah Um Ornette Coleman's Shape Of Jazz To Come Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out
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Xanthous Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 16 2009 Location: Dayton, Ohio Status: Offline Points: 207	Posted: November 02 2009 at 17:23
	A Love Supreme. I never really got the attraction to Kind Of Blue. I don't even think it's Miles' best pre-1970 album. Round' About Midnight proved to be far more interesting to me and Love Supreme far more interesting than Kind Of Blue.

Evolutionary Sleeper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2008 Location: Berkeley, CA Status: Offline Points: 7037	Posted: November 02 2009 at 17:26
	A Love Supreme easily. Probably my favorite Jazz album ever.


Bitterblogger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 04 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1719	Posted: November 03 2009 at 14:47
	Kind of Blue. It ain't #1 for nothing, and I don't think any other will ever top it, both in sales and in aesthetics. I could listen to "So What" multiple times every day.

Synchestra Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 07 2009 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 734	Posted: November 06 2009 at 04:41
	I may have no real 'knowledge' of jazz, and love The Flower Kings, but Kind of Blue is something special. I too could listen to 'So what' multiple times without growing bored
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paganinio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 07 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1327	Posted: November 06 2009 at 05:57
	This thread, it could get multiple replies every week without disappearing from the first page.

paganinio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 07 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1327	Posted: November 06 2009 at 06:01
	=One can only wonder why Kind of Blue is so much behind in the poll, when all the recent repliers prefer Kind of Blue.

holy ghost Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: November 24 2009 Location: Hogtown Status: Offline Points: 50	Posted: November 24 2009 at 10:42
	I much prefer Miles Davis overall, but between those two records I like A Love Supreme much more. When it comes to Miles I prefer his later works like Bitches Brew, In A Silent Way, Big Fun and On The Corner and when it comes to John Coltrane I think Ascension is my favorite work of his......

Syzygy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003	Posted: November 24 2009 at 13:08
	Kind of Blue for me - as good as A Love Supreme is, I don't actually enjoy listening to it that much - I actually prefer the criminally overlooked Crescent released earlier the same year.
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