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From the moment it was recorded, more than forty years ago, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue was hailed...

Now in paperback: The first-ever biography of one of the legends of modern jazz, written with his...

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First time in paperback: A leading critic asks the provocative question, Is jazz dying?