50th Anniversary of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue Celebrated with New Documentary and Box Set
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NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /TMRZoo.com/ — Like a fine vintage wine — an epicurean delight near and dear to Miles Davis (1926-1991) — the music contained on Kind of Blue reveals added nuance and unexpected pleasures the older it gets. And yet with each year that Kind of Blue ages, it goes through a rejuvenation process that is exciting to behold. The essence of the 1959 album has never been duplicated. That may account, in part, for its RIAA triple-platinum status in the U.S. and worldwide recognition as read
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Like a fine vintage wine — an epicurean delight near and dear to Miles Davis (1926-1991) — the music contained on Kind of Blue reveals added nuance and unexpected pleasures the older it gets. And yet with each year that Kind of Blue ages, it goes through a rejuvenation process that is exciting to behold. The essence of the 1959 album has never been duplicated. That may account, in part, for its RIAA triple-platinum status in the U.S. and worldwide recognition as read
Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald. Last night I found time to watch Pete Kelly's Blues on DVD. The 1955 film directed by Jack Webb is a bit clunky and cliche by today's standards, but at least someone had the good sense and taste to cast Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald in the same movie. For some reason Peggy received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance as a mobster's alcoholic chanteuse. She's hardly on-screen, the camera is two miles from her face (Webb directed), and she read

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