Comments on: “Kind of Blue” and the making of a jazz fan http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2008/10/13/kind-of-blue-and-the-making-of-a-jazz-fan/ Riffing on area trends, lineup changes, onstage spectacles and national buzz with local impact Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:57:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Bardi http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2008/10/13/kind-of-blue-and-the-making-of-a-jazz-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-37175 Joe Bardi Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:16:09 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/?p=1507#comment-37175 Excellent post, Mr. Snider. I was given Kind of Blue as a birthday gift about 5 years ago (right as I was about to start Jazz guitar lessons) and became obsessed with it for about two years straight. I think you nailed its appeal when you said: "Kind of Blue just washes over you, seduces you. Moody, dark, melancholy but somehow reassuring." For new Jazz fans looking for a follow-up to Kind of Blue: I bought Coltrane's Blue Train shortly after Kind of Blue, and I actually find it preferable — probably because it's a bit more up-tempo and I'm an up-tempo kind of guy. You can't go wrong with either record, though. Excellent post, Mr. Snider. I was given Kind of Blue as a birthday gift about 5 years ago (right as I was about to start Jazz guitar lessons) and became obsessed with it for about two years straight. I think you nailed its appeal when you said: “Kind of Blue just washes over you, seduces you. Moody, dark, melancholy but somehow reassuring.”

For new Jazz fans looking for a follow-up to Kind of Blue: I bought Coltrane’s Blue Train shortly after Kind of Blue, and I actually find it preferable — probably because it’s a bit more up-tempo and I’m an up-tempo kind of guy. You can’t go wrong with either record, though.

]]> By: Jazz 88s http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2008/10/13/kind-of-blue-and-the-making-of-a-jazz-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-37171 Jazz 88s Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:37:21 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/?p=1507#comment-37171 Thanks, Eric, for the re-introduction to an old friend. Like you, I discovered jazz through the back door in the 70s -- early Chicago and Chick Corea and Return to Forever. That led me to "real" jazz and eventually to Kind of Blue. Unlike many jazz fans, it is not one of my all-time favorites. But I do dust it off every now and then and enjoy relaxing to its soothing rhythms. (Can you "dust off" a CD the way you would "dust off" an LP? I wonder.) Anyway, one thing I most enjoy is reading the stories behind the music I like, whether it's Dizzy Gillespie or the Beatles, while I'm listening to the music itself. Bottom line: Your blog post made me want to get this re-issue. Actually, it inspired me to listen to the CD again -- right now. I figure that must be the best compliment I can pay. Thanks. Eric. Thanks, Eric, for the re-introduction to an old friend.

Like you, I discovered jazz through the back door in the 70s — early Chicago and Chick Corea and Return to Forever. That led me to “real” jazz and eventually to Kind of Blue.

Unlike many jazz fans, it is not one of my all-time favorites. But I do dust it off every now and then and enjoy relaxing to its soothing rhythms. (Can you “dust off” a CD the way you would “dust off” an LP? I wonder.) Anyway, one thing I most enjoy is reading the stories behind the music I like, whether it’s Dizzy Gillespie or the Beatles, while I’m listening to the music itself.

Bottom line: Your blog post made me want to get this re-issue. Actually, it inspired me to listen to the CD again — right now. I figure that must be the best compliment I can pay. Thanks. Eric.

]]> By: bigDro http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2008/10/13/kind-of-blue-and-the-making-of-a-jazz-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-37170 bigDro Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:59:45 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/?p=1507#comment-37170 Interesting running into your post, Eric. Seven years ago, I took a jazz history class in college (fortunately, it's required), which turned me onto "kind of blue." Because of that record I became a jazz fan. I found the CD (which I bought that same year for $8 at Tower Records) recently. Loaded it to my mp3 player, and boy, I'd almost forgotten how mesmerizing Davis' solos were. Interesting running into your post, Eric. Seven years ago, I took a jazz history class in college (fortunately, it’s required), which turned me onto “kind of blue.” Because of that record I became a jazz fan.

I found the CD (which I bought that same year for $8 at Tower Records) recently. Loaded it to my mp3 player, and boy, I’d almost forgotten how mesmerizing Davis’ solos were.

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