FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Jazz Fest All-Star Lineup Includes Tribute to 'Kind of Blue'

"In the church of jazz, the album 'Kind of Blue' is one of the holy relics," writes Ashley Kahn in "Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece" (DaCapo Press, 2000), one of two books written exclusively about the celebrated album. It is hailed as the best-selling jazz album of all-time and ranked 12th on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list published in 2003. Music icon Herbie Hancock, who played some of that music in the 1960s as a member of Davis' group, ...

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