So much has been said and written about Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue" that it is practically impossible to summarize all the necessary information at the length of these essays. We could simply list some facts (best selling jazz album of all time worldwide). We could try to explain why it is the best jazz album of all time, but the music itself will do that for you. As Bill Evans said in the original liner notes for the record, the band didn't play through any of these pieces before recording. Miles Davis laid down the themes before the tape rolled, and the band improvised. The end result was fragile and wondrous. Recorded during 2 sessions in 1959, "Kind of Blue" worked on many different levels and will continue to do so for many years to come If the question of the most famous of all jazz albums should ever be asked on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", this Miles Davis album from 1959 is a sure candidate. Entire books have been written about "Kind of Blue" and what other album exists in so many editions? The band hadn't played through a single one of the tracks before Davis asked them into the studio with the recording in progress. Perhaps jazz heavyweights like John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb didn't have to, because "Kind of Blue" became a classic just the same. Davis, on the other hand, remained true to his reputation as an eccentric and called the album a failure. Mobile Fidelity had long announced this title, but the release had to be postponed again and again because licensor Columbia Records, now part of Sony Music, was unable to come up with the right tape. There are apparently dozens of tape copies. With the right master in hand, Shawn R. Britton and Rob LoVerde then went to work together. They used the newly upgraded DSD system in Sebastopol to make everything possible for the edit. Sonically, the album now has a grace and yet compelling determination to each sound that has not been heard before. There is analog tape noise and at the same time a presence of the musicians that previous releases simply did not achieve.