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Kind of Blue

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Perseus Books Group, 2001 - Music - 222 pages
This critically and commercially acclaimed tribute to the most popular jazz album of all time is now available in paperback. With transcriptions of the unedited session tapes; in-depth interviews with musicians; freshly discovered Columbia Records files; never-before-seen photographs; and a foreword by the last surviving member of the band, drummer Jimmy Cobb, Kind of Blue is a vital piece of music history—and will be essential for fans and scholars for years to come.

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Review: Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece

User Review  - James - Goodreads

This a really nice background information for the Kind of Blue Album and how Miles Davis formed the band that recorded the music. And like the book says it more of tribute to an ending of an era ... Read full review

Review: Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece

User Review  - Rick - Goodreads

A must read if you like the masterpiece. My good friend DJ shared a CD of outtakes that really help to understand how this was created. Read full review

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Kind of Blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kind of Blue is a jazz album by musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959, on Columbia Records, in both mono and stereo, CL1355 and CS8163. ...
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Kind of Blue - Wikipedia
Etter Somethin' Else var Kind of Blue det andre albumet som resulterte av samarbeidet mellom Miles Davis og Julian Cannonball Adderley. ...
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Kind Of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn Da Capo ... Kind Of Blue is an album that has sold millions of copies worldwide since ...
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About the author (2001)

Ashley Kahn is an award-winning journalist and radio essayist, and is the author of The House That ’Trane Built, and A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album. He lives in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

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TitleKind of Blue
AuthorAshley Kahn
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherPerseus Books Group, 2001
ISBN0306810670, 9780306810671
Length222 pages
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