SATCHMO

I felt exactly the same way about the album for a very long time. The funny thing is, I had night a few of years back on some hallucinogens and the album just "breathed" me in. It was my anchor for the entire evening. I don't really have any other way of articulating it. I ended up listening to Blue in Green, All Blues, and Flamenco Sketches on repeat for about five hours!

As for the recognition that it gets as being the quintessential jazz album, as a whole I don't think it's nearly worthy to be that revered, but I also believe that Blue in Green and Flamenco Sketches are two of the most beautiful songs ever created.

In it's defense, there are a lot of subtleties that when you focus in on them are really amazing, Bill Evans' piano work, for one, just understatedly holds down the entire album as a cohesive piece throughout its entire length. I've made the claim that Kind of Blue should be considered a Bill Evans album, and then there's Coltrane, who's performances on this album are incredible and, in my opinion, better than most of the solo work he's done, (excluding A Love Supreme, of course)

Really, it's an album to enjoy and let grow on you and that's a little easier if you complete disregard the reputation its built for itself.