Description This acclaimed tribute to the most popular jazz album of all time is now available in a beautiful new edition, complete with a new afterword by Ashley Kahn. Featuring transcriptions of the unedited session tapes; in-depth interviews with musicians; freshly discovered Columbia Records files; never-before-seen photographs, and more, Kind of Blue is a vital piece of music history-and will be essential for fans and scholars for years to come.
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.
"[Kind of Blue] begins with a scene worthy of Citizen Kane. Kahn describes his trip into the [Sony Music] vaults to listen to the complete master tapes. What could have been a dry, academic treatise . . . kicks off like a good mystery. . . . Kahn's oral (and aural) history brings the 1950s jazz scene to life." "Extraordinary . . . wonderfully illustrated, with a wealth of vintage photographs . . . Kahn has helped bring us that much closer to a great, timeless work of art." "Concise, compelling, elegant, evocative and handsomely packaged, rather like the LP it succinctly celebrates." "If you're interested in how the record was made, read Kahn; and if you're interested in what makes a piece of quiet, understated music survive four decades, listen to the album again-and again and again and again." "This fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of a masterpiece...only enhances the pleasure of the music itself." "In clear and graceful prose Kahn treats us to the story of Kind of Blue's unparalleled commercial success." |
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