``BLUE'' BEARS WITNESS TO MILES DAVIS CLASSIC.(DAILY BREAK)(Review)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: February 4, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: KIP BRANCH

KIND OF BLUE

The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece

ASHLEY KAHN

Da Capo Press, 224 pp. $23.

I MET Miles Davis more than 25 years ago in New York. I was summoned by my cousin, Miles' girlfriend at the time, to bring some fish to his house on West 77th.

I'll never forget the moment he greeted me with a smile and a left hook (which I blocked). Then he led me into the house of Davis and the beginning of a long friendship.

Over the years, we would share days and nights of conversation about his life and music. We also talked about ...

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