"No amount of continuous repeats in coffeeshops around the world can dull the crystalline brilliance of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue one bit. The album turned 60 three days ago, and it still stands as one of the most influential albums, jazz or otherwise, of all time… indeed, as 'one of the single greatest achievements in American music.' So says one of several critics praising the album in the introduction to an interview with Ashley Kahn, author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. Kind of Blue is a 'cornerstone record, not only for jazz. It's a cornerstone record for music,' another voice comments. It 'captures the essence of jazz.' It’s 'sort of like the Bible, in a way. You know, you just have one in your house.' This would make Davis not only the composer of a new jazz Bible, but also a Bible salesman. He had no doubt his product would sell. ..."
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