Ashley Kahn

Good background... but still.. on a warm summers evening, on the front deck, good scotch in hand, listening to the music.... magic!

This a really nice background information for the Kind of Blue Album and how Miles Davis formed the band that recorded the music. And like the book says it more of tribute to an ending of an era rather than a start to a new jazz age. However, many of the modern jazz has it roots to this album and warns that young musician need to have solid music education before trying to go into modal improvisations. Would recommend this book to anyone who has interest in music, history, and jazz.

There are very few recordings that would warrant writing a history of how they were conceived and created, but Kind of Blue is one of them. This book will be appreciated and savoured by any listeners to the pieces and performances created by Miles Davis who have marvelled at the quality and originality of the 1959 recording.

An interesting look through the media's perception (and George's personal presentation of himself through it) of George Harrison and the Beatles through a compilation of contemporary interviews and news snippets. Fascinating journey especially for those of us too young to remember the Beatles as an up-and-coming band and group of growing artists.