Kind of Blue - Miles Davis and the Making of a Masterpiece

A newly updated edition (with foreword from Jimmy Cobb) of the behind-the-scenes story of how Miles Davis' legendary "Kind Of Blue" came into being.

About the author

Ashley Khan is a music historian, journalist and producer, and a frequent talking head on all matters jazz. He is currently a visiting professor at NYU, in the Department of Recorded Music. As well as writing for various magazines, Khan is the author of various liner notes, for which he has been nominated for 3 Grammys. In 2015, he won for his notes to Coltrane's Offering: Live at Temple University, As a road manager, he has worked with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel. His journalism has appeared in NYT, Rolling Stone, Mojo and New Statesman. In 2014, he co-authored Santana's autobiography, The Universal Tone.

Product details

• Authors: A. K. Blakemore, Ashley Kahn, Kahn Ashley
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781783784738
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-473-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 292 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Jazz, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, Biography: arts & entertainment, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment