All Blues by Miles Davis.
Miles defined so many genres of jazz with his iconic muted trumpet (extra points if you know the type of mute he used). This graphic from the Miles Davis website shows the span of his amazing career and the genres he pioneered:
Kind of Blue is considered one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. And on this day as we celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I’ve included an excerpt from a speech he wrote in 1964- I think Miles would agree with Dr. King’s insights:
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life’s difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph.
This is triumphant music.
Check out the entire speech from Dr. Matin Luther King
Song a Day 2020 
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