Kind of Blue

Ashley Kahn

Da Capo Press, 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.

What people are saying

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 ...

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.

Contents

• I: 7
• II: 9
• III: 12
• IV: 23
• V: 54
• VI: 55
• VII: 75
• VIII: 88
• X: 104
• XI: 124
• XII: 146
• XIII: 175
• XIV: 199
• XV: 201
• XVI: 218

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Kind of Blue
• Author: Ashley Kahn
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0306810670, 9780306810671
• Length: 222 pages
• Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz