Ashley Kahn

This is a tribute to one of the most popular jazz albums of all time "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis. It contains amomgst other things transcriptions of the unedited session tapes; in-depth interviews with musicians; Columbia Records files; vintage photographs; and a foreword by the last surviving member of the band, drummer Jimmy Cobb. This piece of music history and should be of interest to both fans and scholars of jazz music alike.

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers y Wynton Kelly grabaron en 1959 el mítico Kind of Blue, un álbum qu ha vendido millones de copias en todo el mundo desde entonces ¿Que sucedio en aquella intensa grabacion? PROL. DE JIMMY COBB

Pocos álbumes han tenido la influencia y resonancia del clásico de 1965 de John Coltrane A Love Supreme. Ashley Kahn nos guía a través del trabajo del legendario saxofonista John Coltrane en una crónica casi minuto a minuto que ademas da cuenta de la biografia y de la exploracion musical del artista. Tambien incluye declaraciones ineditas de Coltrane y del bajista Jimmy Garrison, ademas de fotografias que ven por primera vez la luz.

En la década de 1960, Impulse Records fue un sueño imposible hecho realidad, un gran sello comprometido con la aventura y el futuro del jazz. Ashley Kahn devuelve a la vida los discos históricos, los musicos mas revolucionarios y a los visionarios productores que se ocultaban tras ese logotipo negro y naranja, con la pasion y el gusto por el detalle de uno de los epicos solos de Coltrane.Este libro es un entretenimiento de lo mas serio: unfascinante viaje por las tierras fronterizas donde el arte y el comercio se encuentran. Arroja luz sobre la mistica de uno de los grandes sellos de jazz y nos lleva entre bastidores en compañia de John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins y el resto de los artistas que dejaron su imborrable impronta en el catalogo de Impulse, en una vivida evocacion de una de las epocas mas vibrantes y electrizantes de la musica americana.

Ashley Kahn nos invita a participar en cada una de las sesiones de grabación del emblemático álbum de Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. De la mano del autor, el lector retrocede a 1959 y entra en el estudio de grabacion para revivir, hasta en el mas minimo detalle, todo lo sucedido en torno al album. Entrevistas a testigos y colaboradores supervivientes que ofrecen un relato minucioso de cada una de las sesiones, multitud de incidencias y anecdotas que nunca habian sido contadas y un gran numero de fotografias ineditas acompañaran al lector en un emocionante paseo por la trastienda del celebre disco y de la vida del mitico Miles Davis.

The definitive story of the making and legacy of Graceland, Paul Simons still-beloved, career-topping 1986 album, drawn from extensive research and exclusive interviews with nearly 100 participants and witnesses: musicians, producers, engineers, record executives and journalists from Africa, the US, and Europe. In 1984, Paul Simon was at a professional and personal crossroads. His new marriage was failing and his career was in danger of stalling. He was forty-two, navigating a digital age, searching for inspiration in a scene driven by music videos, synthesizers, and drum machines. Driving around that summer, a bootleg cassette of township jivethe street music of South Africakept him company. Lent to him by a friend, it reminded Simon of the sound and the joy of the early days of rock and roll. He began to invent his own lyrics to the groove, and became drawn to the idea of recording with the musicians on that tape. But South Africa was in the thrall of a racist apartheid system, and with economic and cultural boycotts in place, such an undertaking was risky. He grew determined to find the right conditions to allow for a collaboration. Simon took a fateful trip to Johannesburg in 1985. It would turn out to be the first step on a musical journey that would lead him to New York, Los Angeles, Louisiana, and London, and eventually to the release of Graceland, a critical and commercial triumph, winning multiple Grammys, selling 16 million records, and spawning a five-year, worldwide tour.Days of Miracle and Wonder is the first book to tell the full story of Graceland, offering windows into Simons creative process, the technical innovations that brought his songs to life, the people and places that made the album possible, the forces that helped the album achieve mainstream reach, and the controversies that the music raisedand which remain today. It sheds light on a period when America opened its doors to the sounds and styles of Africa and other faraway lands. This is an informed, heartfelt celebration of Simons magnum opus, a recording forged in a tense cultural moment, but suffused with hope, change, and a sense of global connection.

Few albums in the canon of popular music have had the influence, resonance, and endurance of John Coltranes 1965 classic A Love Supreme-a record that proved jazz was a fitting medium for spiritual exploration and for the expression of the sublime.Bringing the same fresh and engaging approach that characterized his critically acclaimed Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn tells the story of the genesis, creation, and aftermath of this classic recording. Featuring interviews with more than one hundred musicians, producers, friends, and family members; unpublished interviews with Coltrane and bassist Jimmy Garrison; and scores of never-before-seen photographs, A Love Supreme balances biography, cultural context, and musical analysis in a passionate and revealing portrait.

Ashley Kahn nos invita a participar en cada una de las sesiones de grabación del emblemático álbum de Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. Entrevistas a testigos y colaboradores supervivientes que ofrecen un relato minucioso de cada una de las sesiones, multitud de incidencias y anecdotas que nunca habian sido contadas y un gran numero de fotografias ineditas acompañaran al lector en un emocionante paseo por la trastienda del celebre disco y de la vida del mitico Miles Davis.

The intimate and long-awaited autobiography of a legend. In 1967 in San Francisco, just a few weeks after the Summer of Love, a young Mexican guitarist took the stage at the Fillmore Auditorium and played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a prodigious musical talent. Two years later -- after he played a historic set at Woodstock -- the world came to know the name Carlos Santana, his sensual and instantly recognizable guitar sound, and the legendary band that blended electric blues, psychedelic rock, Latin rhythms, and modern jazz, and that still bears his name. Carlos Santanas unforgettable memoir offers a page-turning tale of musical self-determination and inner self-discovery, with personal stories filled with colorful detail and life-affirming lessons. The Universal Tone traces his journey from his earliest days playing the strip bars in Tijuana while barely in his teens and brings to light the establishment of his signature guitar sound; his roles as husband, father, recording legend, and rock guitar star; his indebtedness to musical and spiritual influences -- from John Coltrane and John Lee Hooker to Miles Davis and Harry Belafonte; and his deep, lifelong dedication to a spiritual path that he developed from his Catholic upbringing, Eastern philosophies, and other mystical sources. It includes his recording some of the most popular and influential rock albums of all time, up to and beyond the 1999 sensation Supernatural, which garnered nine Grammy Awards and stands as arguably the most amazing career comeback in popular music history. Its a profoundly inspiring tale of divine inspiration and musical fearlessness that does not balk at finding the humor in the world of high-flying fame, or at speaking plainly of Santanas personal revelations and the infinite possibility he sees in each person he meets. "Love is the light that is inside of all of us, everyone," he writes. "I salute the light that you are and that is inside your heart."