50 Years of Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’
Miles Davis’s seminal jazz album, ?Kind of Blue,? turns 50 today. Davis, along with John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, recorded the album ? widely considered one of the greatest jazz albums in history ? in early 1959, and released it on August 17th, 1959.
Joining The Takeaway to talk about the impact this album has had is WNYC’s Evening Music Host Terrance McKnight.
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