Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ is, at 65, a shape-shifting album that transcends time and genre. Story by George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune • 4mo.

It didn’t take long after its release on August 17, 1959, for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue to ascend to a throne it has yet to vacate in all of the decades that have followed. With its scepter ...

As Charles Mingus revealed in "An Open Letter to Miles Davis," printed November 30, 1955 in Down Beat magazine, Davis kept railing on Monk to "lay out" during a gig because he got the chords wrong.

At this point in time, anything that I could say about Miles Davis's Kind of Blue has been written before in vastly more creative approaches. So the prospect of reviewing the most discussed album ...

'Kind of Blue' is the best-selling jazz album of all time. Here's what it was like inside the studio with Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans on the day they laid down one of the record's ...

Among Davis’ most famous trips was to a New York City recording studio in the spring of 1959, to cut an album released on Aug. 17 of that year — 65 years ago Saturday — called “Kind of ...

Today, Nov. 13, Analogue Productions unveils Birth of the Blue, an early rarity from Miles Davis and the storied sextet behind Kind of Blue.In this first-ever standalone release, the dream team of ...

Miles Davis' epic 1959 album, "Kind of Blue," is cited as a key inspiration by many music luminaries. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 64°F. Friday, July 4th 2025 e-Edition.

From Lana Del Rey, John Legend and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar to the members of Radiohead and guitar legends Carlos Santana, Duane Allman and Jerry Garcia, the number of musicians ...