Episode #170 - Miles Davis's Landmark Album Kind of Blue

Ashley Kahn wrote the book on Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, the jazz album everyone owns if they one at least one jazz album. We talk with Ashley about the recording of Kind of Blue, and about its legacy. (Apologies for the audio issues.)

Guest:

• Ashley Kahn
• Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece

Show notes:

• Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
• Glenn Gould's 1955 and 1981 recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations
• Episode #1 – Songs to Albums to Songs
• Miles Davis: Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud: Original Soundtrack
• Richard Williams: The Blue Moment
• Ashley Kahn: A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
• Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (documentary)

Our next tracks:

• Miles Davis: Circle in the Round
• Miles Davis: Bitches Brew

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Special Guest: Ashley Kahn.

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