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US politicians have voted without dissent to pay tribute to the landmark Miles Davis album Kind Of Blue.

The US House of Representatives voted 409-0 to pass a symbolic resolution honouring the album and reaffirming jazz as a national treasure.

The measure, which says the record was made in 1959, praises its "unique contribution" to jazz and urges the US government "to take all appropriate steps" to preserve and promote jazz.

It also directs the House clerk to deliver copies of the resolution to Columbia Records, the label that produced Kind Of Blue.

The celebrated album, which ranks 12th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, had sold at least 4,000,000 copies as of 2008 - making it the bestselling album in jazz history.

WASHINGTON: Fifty years after jazz legend Miles Davis recorded “Kind of Blue,” US lawmakers voted without dissent on Tuesday to honor the landmark

The US House of Representatives voted 409-0 to pass a symbolic resolution honoring the masterpiece and reaffirming jazz as a national treasure.

Davis collaborated on the record with saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb.

Rep John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat who sponsored the measure, said the group “made musical history and changed the artistic landscape of this country and in some ways the world.”

The original album — only 37 minutes — had a huge impact that extended beyond jazz to other types of music — from rock musicians such as the Allman Brothers and Carlos Santana to minimalist composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

Release history
Kind of Blue was originally released as a 12-inch vinyl record, in both stereo and mono. There have been several reissues of Kind of Blue, including additional printings throughout the vinyl era. On some editions, the label switched the order for the two tracks on side two, "All Blues" and "Flamenco Sketches". The record has been remastered many times during the compact disc era, including the 1986 Columbia Jazz Masterpieces reissue and, most notably, the 1992 remastering that corrected the speed for side one, which had been issued slightly off-pitch originally, and the 1997 that added the alternate take of "Flamenco Sketches". All releases after the 1997 include the alternate take and are speed-corrected. In 2005, a DualDisc release included the original album, a digital remastering in 5.1 Surround Sound and LPCM Stereo, and a 25-minute documentary Made in Heaven about the making and influence of Kind of Blue. "Kind Of Blue" has also been re-released on a rare 24 carat gold CD collectors version.

August 17, 1959–Columbia CS 8163, original stereo vinyl LP
August 17, 1959–Columbia CL 1355, original mono vinyl LP
1974–Columbia PC 8163, stereo vinyl LP reissue
1984–Columbia CK 8163, original compact disc issue
1986–Columbia Jazz Masterpiece CK 40579, compact disc, digitally remastered from original master tapes
December 8, 1992–Columbia CK 64403, Mastersound Gold CD, super-bit mapping, corrected speed. Liner notes: First time original master used for side 1 of a CD issue Original had been misplaced since before 1984 (CK 8163).
1997 - Double LP Gatefold edition from Classic Records included two side ones at original and corrected speed and a 45 rpm alternate take of Flamenco Sketches
March 25, 1997–Columbia CK 64935, compact disc, 20-bit remastering, adds alternate track, corrected speed
August 21, 2001–Columbia CS 64935, SACD, corrected speed
December 2001–Classic Records CS8163QP, Quiex SV-P 200 gram vinyl, corrected speed, original tracks
February 8, 2005–Columbia CN 90887, DualDisc, 20-bit remastered standard compact disc side, 5.1 AC3 Surround Sound, LPCM Stereo side, corrected speed
September 30, 2008–Columbia/Legacy CL 8869733552, box set, original album, previously unreleased material, bonus tracks, vinyl LP, DVD
January 20, 2009-Sony Legacy, two CDs from the 50th anniversary set (without DVD or vinyl).