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Profile: Tribute to jazz great Miles Davis
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ED GORDON
NPR Special
05-26-2005
Profile: Tribute to jazz great Miles Davis
Host: ED GORDON
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
(Soundbite of "All Blues")
ED GORDON, host:
This song, "All Blues," is from one of the best-selling jazz records of all time, "Kind of Blue." The artist is the great Miles Davis.
(Soundbite of "All Blues")
GORDON: Miles was born on this day in 1926. When he made "Kind of Blue" in the late '50s, he was already a superstar in music, having led the way through the genres of hard bop and cool.
(Soundbite of "All Blues")
GORDON: As it turns out, Miles was just getting started. By the ...
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