| Record Number |
698160 |
| ISBN |
9781805302001 |
| Author |
Kaplan, James |
| Title |
3 shades of blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the lost empire of cool / by James Kaplan. |
| Alternative title |
Three shades of blue |
| Publication details |
Edinburgh : Canongate Books, 2024. |
| Pagination etc. |
484 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary Note |
1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the seminal jazz album of all time: "Kind of Blue". "3 Shades of Blue" is a magnificent, blended biography on the meandering paths which led Miles, Coltrane and Evans to the mountaintop of 1959 and the aftermath. It's a book about music, business, race, addiction and the cities that gave jazz its home; from New York and LA to Philadelphia, Chicago and Kansas City. Kaplan meditates on creativity and the great forebears of this golden age who would take the music down strange new paths. Above all, this is a book about three very different men -- their struggles, their choices, their tragedies, their greatness. The tapestry of their lives is, in Kaplan's hands, an American Odyssey, with no direction home. |
| Subject |
Davis, Miles |
| Coltrane, John, -- 1926-1967 |
| Evans, Bill, -- 1929-1980 |
| Miles Davis Sextet |
| Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography |
| Jazz -- History and criticism |
| Reservations Queue |
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