Kind of Blue
Subtitle: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece
Contributors: Jimmy Cobb (Foreword)
Publisher: Da Capo Pr; Da Capo Press
Published: September 20, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780306809866
Subjects: USA; c 1945 to c 1960; Genres & Styles - Jazz; Music; 1951-1960; Davis, Miles; History and criticism; Jazz; Kind of blue
First sentence: SOME CONTEND THAT they can hear Kind of Blue in a solo Miles recorded fifteen years earlier on "Now's the Time," a Charlie Parker 78 from 1946.
Description: "Offering the first take-by-take account of the sessions and analysis of never-released fragmentary takes, drawn from extremely rare access to the complete master tapes, Kahn takes us behind the scenes through countless interviews (including the only three people still living who were in the studio on those days) and newly discovered documents from Columbia Records's archives.

Weaving his meticulous research into a thrilling narrative, he traces Miles's progress from bop to modal jazz, and follows the album from its release to its transformation into a cultural touchstone. Throughout, nearly a hundred images do their part in telling the story, including Bill Evans's handwritten liner notes, never-before-seen photographs of the studio, and even one of the session charts.

With a foreword from Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of the group, this is the definitive story of Davis's album - an album you will never hear the same way again."--BOOK JACKET.