Compared to ashley kahns detailed, professional text, eric nisensons volume reads like a halfbaked term paper. The making of the miles davis masterpiece, copies of the album are passed to friends and given to lovers. Extensively researched and copiously illustrated, kind of blue recovers an invaluable piece of musical history and heightens fans appreciation of the album they know and love. Kind of blue valittiin vuonna 2002 yhdysvaltain kongressin kirjaston kansalliseen aaniterekisteriin national recording registry. The making of the miles davis masterpiece still in print from granta. Bringing the same fresh and engaging approach that characterized his critically acclaimed kind of blue. The album was released in august 1959, stunning the jazz world by practically creating a new language of music. Bill evans was the pianist in miles davis group in 1958, and after a few tracks recorded and less than a year touring with the band, left to form his own trio and expand his career. Media, bob andelman one of the best magazine assignments i ever got was in the early 1980s and an. In 2014, kahn coauthored the autobiography of carlos santana, titled the universal tone. Kahn explains, without jargon, what makes the music so unusual.
Ashley kahn used these terms to describe davis style in the mid 1950s. Join us for a jazz conversation between archie shepp and ashley kahn. I was very much into the sounds that were in the air at the time, like bruce springsteen was just starting to happen. Over forty years have passed since miles davis assembled his famed sextet to record kind of blue, and in that time the album has risen to the level of masterpiece.
Ashley kahn is the author of several books, including kind of blue. Kind of blue was released as a 12inch vinyl record, in both stereo and mono. Kind of blue in 1959, seven nowlegendary musicians in the prime of their careers went into the studio to record five simple compositional sketches. The making of the miles davis masterpiece da capo, 2000, and a love supreme. The making of the miles davis masterpiece ashley kahn granta. Fortyone years since its recording in 1959, it has sold millions worldwide and sits near the top of any list of most important records of the century. If you look at the headlines today, theres a hell of a big reason for it to be back on the rise, says ashley kahn, musing on the return of socalled spiritual jazz. He writes about the careers and struggles of the musics makers. Join us for a jazz conversation between famed guitarist stanley jordan and leading jazz historian ashley kahn. John coltrane and the legacy of an album on free shipping on qualified orders.
To date, his most critically acclaimed books have been on two major jazz albums, kind of blue by miles davis and a love supreme by john coltrane. Ashley kahn said he was 14 or 15 when he put the miles davis album kind of blue on the turntable and dropped the needle on the vintage vinyl for the first time in the mid1970s. The house that trane built is the story of impulse records and the imprint it left not just on the jazz world but music as a whole. Coltrane, kamasi and the art of looking both directions at.
The making of the miles davis masterpiece is ashley kahn s chronicle of the recording sessions of that great jazz album made possible when sony opened the columbia archives to him in 1999. Ashley kahn is a grammywinning author, educator, music journalist, and concert producer. The term modal jazz refers to improvisational music that is organized in a scalar horizontal way rather than in a chordal vertical manner. Using interviews and pictures, studio dialogue and outtakes, the great jazz historian ashley kahn follows miles and his group into the studio, to show precisely how the greatest jazz record of all time was made, how it was introduced to the world, and how it changed music forever. Rolling stonelehden kaikkien aikojen 500 parhaan albumin listalla kind of blue on sijalla 12, parhaana jazzlevyna. In the spring of 1959, seven musicians got together in a converted church on 30th street in manhattan and made jazz history. Ashley kahn is a freelance editor, writer and author of the. Ashley kahn is a grammywinning american music historian, journalist, producer, and professor. Kind of blue is haunting, melodic and plaintive, a mesmerising and propulsive recreation of the musical roots of jazz. Aug 16, 2016 id never thought about this because the title sums up a lot of the feel of the music and what was going on behind the making of the album the experimenting with modal improvisation, miles allegedly wanting to refer back to blues and gospel root. The making of the miles davis masterpiece kahn, ashley on. He teaches at new york universitys clive davis institute for recorded music, and has written books on two legendary recordingskind of blue by miles davis and a love supreme by john coltraneas well as one book on a legendary record label.
Dec 31, 2019 these books on the making of kind of blue were published about a month apart, but they are similar in topic only. How miles davis invented modernity and between the takes. Click download or read online button to get kind of blue book now. On some editions, the label switched the order for the two tracks on side two, all blues and flamenco sketches. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Ashley kahn is a grammywinning american music historian, author, professor and producer. E ight years ago, an american journalist called ashley kahn wrote kind of blue.
New and neverbeforepublished material in kind of blue includes. He teaches at new york universitys clive davis institute for recorded music and cowrote carlos santanas awardwinning autobiography the universal tone. Kind of blue brought both clarity and confusion to the matter by enlarging a session photograph showing cannonball adderleys chart for flamenco sketches. Kind of blue deluxe 50th anniversary collectors edition.
How did two impromptu sessions produce such a timeless acknowledged masterpiece. That miles davis achieved this more than once in his career serves as evidence to even the most casual observer of jazz that he was one of its mystics, its visionaries. Kind of blue is universally considered to be one of the best albums of all time, of any genre. The complete, unedited master session tapes, with analysis of fragmentary takes that have never been. Miles davis simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He was called back to play on the now legendary kind of blue album in the spring of 1959. Kind of blue download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. In 2006 davis was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame and described as one of the key figures in the history of jazz.
The making of the miles davis masterpiece, talks to mr. Jul 11, 2018 ashley kahn on the story behind john coltranes lost 1963 album, and the context into which it has emerged. There have been multiple reissues of kind of blue, with additional pressings throughout the vinyl era. The kind of blue sessions in honor of miles davis 50thanniversary kind of blue reissue, music writer ashley kahn looks at a few of the stories behind the scenes of the legendary. A professor of music history and criticism at nyu who lectures at other institutions as well, his books include cowriting carlos santanas memoirs, the universal tone, and other titles such as a love supreme. These books on the making of kind of blue were published about a month apart, but they are similar in topic only. This book is a complimenting addition to that list. As pointed out by ashley kahn in the excellent book kind of blue. Color, timbre and even atmosphere began to play a more prominent role in miless musical palette 2, p. The making of the miles davis masterpiece, ashley kahn tells the story of the genesis, creation, and aftermath of this classic recording.
The creation of john coltranes classic album, granta books, 24 octobre 2002, 256. The story of john coltranes signature album viking, 2002. Critics call it the one jazz album every fan must own. Ashley kahn s book recreates those few hours in new york in words and photographs. Now, for the first time, ashley kahn takes us into the studio to witness. Aug 21, 2009 e ight years ago, an american journalist called ashley kahn wrote kind of blue.
Albummet er siden blevet en klassiker inden for jazzverdenen, bl. By deemphasizing the role of chords, a modal approach forces the improviser to create interest by other means. Ashley kahn is the author of critically acclaimed kind of blue. Kahn is a grammywinning american music historian, author, professor and producer.
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