A week after my first listen of the entire album, I went to give “Kind of Blue” another listen. My opinion didn’t change as I still enjoy listening to the album as I did a week before. The main difference is that this time I tried to make a deeper interpretation on the album. This is done so in order to figure out the story the music in “Kind of Blue” may have been trying to convey. Ultimately, I decided that it may have been a mix of mystery and suspense judging by what I felt from listening to each of the track.

“So What?” is perfect as the introduction track as it gives the listeners the taste of what the album will have in store later on. This particular track is very relaxing as the nighttime feel it has made it seems as if the track is played during the night at the bar or a nightclub. As the music begins to fade, the transition to the next track “Freddie Freeloader” made it seems like the music is being reprised. When listened together, “So What?” and “Freddie Freeloader” sounded like one whole track which makes the transition perfect. Then with the darker feel from the next track “Blue in Green” having the right contrast in its theme, the depressing tone makes a good change of pace from the more optimistic theme from the previous tracks. The theme of “Blue in Green” helps set up the next track “All Blues” where the tone becomes more suspenseful. In “All Blues” the track would have tension build up in order to create a suspenseful atmosphere. Once the tension increase, the pacing of the track would slow down before returning to pick up the pace. Then in the final track “Flamenco Sketches”, the tone became depressing where it signals how the album is coming to a close. The tone of the track wasn’t dark although it is much more depressing than “Blue in Green”. “Flamenco Sketches” wraps up the album nicely as the theme makes it a fitting end to the story the music is trying to convey.

As mentioned before, “Kind of Blue” is an enjoyable album. Even after listening to it again a week later, the album still have the relaxing mood to make it a comfortable listen.

Rating: 5 of 5