Nick and Simon present one of their jazz book reviews -Kind of Blue : The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn (Granta 2001) is an in-depth look at the legendary album, its creation and its legacy. Ashley Kahn has written other books about jazz including A Love Supreme and Impulse Records : The House that Trane Built. [Simon got that title slightly wrong in the podcast] In December 1999 Kahn got to hear the master tapes of the sessions including the false starts e...
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Nick and Simon present one of their jazz book reviews.
Kind of Blue : The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn (Granta 200)1 is an in-depth look at the legendary album, its creation and its legacy. Ashley Kahn has written other books about jazz including n A Love Supreme and Impulse Records : The House that Trane Built. [Simon got that title slightly wrong in the podcast]
In December 1999 Kahn got to hear the master tapes of the sessions, including the false starts etc which the 50th anniversary release also contains
Miles Davis-Kind of Blue-Celebrating a masterpiece
The Legacy edition is on Apple Music
and other streaming platforms.
Simon has written a blog post on this book and 2 other related books on the podcast website.
The book is available in Print and E-Book format but not as an audio book.
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