...of modal jazz on Coltrane was profound. He explained what Miles was doing this way: "We found Miles in the midst of another stage of his musical development....chordally (vertically) or melodically (horizontally)" ("Coltrane on Coltrane"). It is interesting to see Coltrane using this distinction of vertical versus...

...found Miles in the midst of another stage of his musical development. He used tunes with free-floating lines and chordal direction. This approach allowed...chordally (vertically) or melodically (horizontally)." The rest of Kind of Blue follows the same pattern as "So What," with slow to midtempo compositions...