Coffee and music is a wonderful, often sublime experience.
Could you imagine going to a coffee shop without music!?
I actually canβt.
Itβs literally impossible for me to imagine there not being some kind of folk, jazz, indie, pop, rock, reggae or any kind of music playing in the background while I read or hang out with friends or just sit there by myself and enjoy the moment.
I love coffee pairings, whether thatβs food and coffeeβ¦ or music and coffee!
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Or even all the above.
But I would love to share about albums that go together seemingly perfectly with your morning, afternoon or even evening Joe.
For this first coffee + music pairing, I would love to recommend to you the most popular selling jazz album of all time⦠Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.
Miles Davis was a jazz trumpeter who had a long and fruitful career. He played with many other greats. And had his own band as the bandleader for many years.
Kind of Blue is a beautiful album with such a mellow, timeless and emotional feel. For me personally, it enhances my coffee experience in a beautifully nostalgic way.
Kind Of Blue
This album is an iconic jazz album.
Not only is it the best-selling jazz album in history, it features some great musicians.
Bill Evans is the pianist on most of the album, with Wynton Kelly (my absolute favorite jazz pianist) stepping in on one track, βFreddie Freeloaderβ.
The album also features the well-known saxophonist John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley also on sax, and among other great musicians, Jimmy Cobb on drums.
As I write this in June 2020, Jimmy Cobb has just passed away and was the last living musician from this album. He was 91 so itβs nice he didnβt pass at a young age.
Kind of Blue has an amazing feel to it.
The music isnβt abrasive at all, it wonβt disrupt your concentration in nearly any situation. But itβs not elevator music, and these seven musicians are the polar opposite of amateur.
The subdued nature of this cool jazz, as Miles Davisβ jazz is often known as, is in my opinion perfect for background music or as βforeground musicβ.
The overall feel of this CD is itβs really mellow for one thing. The music is so beautiful, there are no fast tunes on it, itβs extremely elegant jazz.
It makes me feel like Iβm riding in a cab through New York on a crisp, clear and beautiful night after work and the only thing I can do is enjoy the peaceful moments and give myself over to the wonderful tranquility of them.
A Beautiful, Contemplative Experience
I think that jazz and coffee generally pair quite well together!
And basically if you listen to this album as you sip your home-brewed coffee (Iβm sorry I just have to throw that in sometimes), you get a cool, peaceful, mellow experience. Thatβs the bottom line of it.
Some of my favorite tracks from Kind of Blue are βFreddie Freeloaderβ, the track where Wynton Kelly plays piano. Also, βSo Whatβ and the delicate, forlornly beautiful βBlue in Greenβ.
Why Is It A Good Coffee Pairing?
Well basically because, coffee and jazz are both classy, sophisticated things.
With food and coffee pairings, there are definitely certain types of foods that go well with certain types of coffee.
But of course, it doesnβt matter at all what kind of coffee you drink or brew method you use when you listen to Kind of Blue. Itβs a matter of how you want to feel.
When I listen to this album and drink coffee, I feel creative, inspired, peaceful, artistic, and content. Music always brings feelings and evokes emotions.
I realize that not everyone loves jazz like I do though! Donβt think Iβm naive enough to think that everyone loves jazz. I know a lot of people canβt stand it. Most people either love it or hate it I suppose.
So if you do enjoy jazz, Iβd recommend this album for a coffee + music pairing.
See How You Feel
Give it a try.
Sometime when you are just sitting down to enjoy a coffee, put on this album. See you how feel when you listen to it.
Maybe itβll be different from how I feel. Maybe itβll be better!
Itβs far too often in our post-modern culture we find ourselves much too busy. Another sad fact is that we donβt even find ourselvesβ¦ we simply get lost in it and become stressed, overworked and unhealthy because our minds are much busier than they were meant to be.
Give yourself some beautiful moments with this album. And feel free to let me know how it goes for you. Coffee cheers π
Hereβs the playlist for the whole album on YouTube if that helps!
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