Thanks for the background, Mark. I have Kahn's book, but it's
in the TBR pile, along with most of my non-fiction.
Speaking of books on jazz musicians and Charles Mingus,
there's a great book about Mingus, his classical musical
education, his demons, his devastating originality called
"But Beautiful." It bears a look.
Did you know that none other than Duane Allman used to listen
to "Kind of Blue" every night he had a gig before the band
would begin to tune up? He said there was a world of
inspiration in that album alone.
It's not the greatest selling jazz album in history for
nothing.
Brian
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Brian wrote:
"Sounds as if he did it the same year he did
"Kind of Blue." Yowza!"
Miles recorded L'Echafaud in November 1957 in
Paris. All in one night.
They'd watch a scene. Then Miles would tell the
Paris-based quartet
backing him what to play.
So it was in the lead up to the recording of Kind
of Blue, the recording
of which started on March 2, 1959. (All of this
is according to Ashley
Kahn's reat book on the recording of Kind of
Blue.)
Mark
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