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.
U.S. News & World Report, 1/5/09
"a brisk read, full of rarely seen photos."
Malcolm Jones, Newsweek, 2/9/09
"Absorbing."
Counterpunch.org, 8/14/09
"excellent"
The Believer, August 2013
"I read it with admiration, pleasure, and, occasionally, more
concentration than I need to use on most music books...Kahn writes
with discipline and a great deal of care. And--yes--he provides an
authoritative and accessible guide...His book is riveting."
Virginia Quarterly Review, 10/18/13
"There is no argument about the celestial status of Miles Davis's
1959 epic recording Kind of Blue and Ashley Kahn's Kind of Blue:
The Making of the Miles David Masterpiece, an informative brief for
its greatness."
"U.S. News & World Report", 1/5/09
"a brisk read, full of rarely seen photos."
Malcolm Jones, "Newsweek", 2/9/09
"Absorbing."
Counterpunch.org, 8/14/09
"excellent"
"The Believer", August 2013
"I read it with admiration, pleasure, and, occasionally, more
concentration than I need to use on most music books...Kahn writes
with discipline and a great deal of care. And--yes--he provides an
authoritative and accessible guide...His book is riveting."
"Virginia Quarterly Review", 10/18/13
"There is no argument about the celestial status of Miles Davis's
1959 epic recording "Kind of Blue and Ashley Kahn's Kind of Blue:
The Making of the Miles David Masterpiece", an informative brief
for its greatness."
"U.S. News & World Report," 1/5/09
"a brisk read, full of rarely seen photos."
Malcolm Jones, "Newsweek," 2/9/09
"Absorbing."
"U.S. News & World Report," 1/5/09
"a brisk read, full of rarely seen photos."
U.S. News & World Report, 1/5/09
"a brisk read, full of rarely seen photos."
Malcolm Jones, Newsweek, 2/9/09
"Absorbing."
Counterpunch.org, 8/14/09
"excellent"
The Believer, August 2013
"I read it with admiration, pleasure, and, occasionally, more
concentration than I need to use on most music books...Kahn writes
with discipline and a great deal of care. And--yes--he provides an
authoritative and accessible guide...His book is riveting."
Virginia Quarterly Review, 10/18/13
"There is no argument about the celestial status of Miles Davis's
1959 epic recording Kind of Blue and Ashley Kahn's Kind of Blue:
The Making of the Miles David Masterpiece, an informative brief
for its greatness."
"U.S. News & World Report", 1/5/09
"a brisk read, full of rarely seen photos."
Malcolm Jones, "Newsweek", 2/9/09
"Absorbing."
Counterpunch.org, 8/14/09
"excellent"
"The Believer", August 2013
"I read it with admiration, pleasure, and, occasionally, more
concentration than I need to use on most music books...Kahn writes
with discipline and a great deal of care. And--yes--he provides an
authoritative and accessible guide...His book is riveting."
"Virginia Quarterly Review", 10/18/13
"There is no argument about the celestial status of Miles Davis's
1959 epic recording "Kind of Blue and Ashley Kahn's Kind of Blue:
The Making of the Miles David Masterpiece", an informative brief
for its greatness."
"U.S. News & World Report," 1/5/09
"a brisk read, full of rarely seen photos."
Malcolm Jones, "Newsweek," 2/9/09
"Absorbing."
Arguably one of a handful of full-length album jazz masterpieces, Kind of Blue has steadily grown in reputation since its 1959 conception. Structurally, the book resembles an hourglass; the many events leading up to the actual recording session are finely timed and sculpted. Kahn, music editor at VH-1 and editor of Rolling Stone: The Seventies, details how Miles Davis assembled the skills and experiences of the seven musicians, as well as the studio and record company personnel, and funneled their attention on the six musical sketches he brought to the studio that day. With minimal rehearsal (and a single alternate take on one of the six pieces), they created what ultimately was released as Kind of Blue. At the bottom of the hourglass is the tremendous effect the album has had, told in a lively voice. This fascinating look into the minds of master musicians and the creation of exceptional, timeless music is recommended for academic, public, and music libraries.DWilliam Kenz, Univ. of Minnesota Moorhead Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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