Miles Davis trumpet; Bill Evans piano; Julian "Cannonball" Adderley alto saxophone (except #3); John Coltrane tenor saxophone; Wynton Kelly piano (#2); Paul Chambers bass; Jimmy Cobb drums ...

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In the liner notes, Ashley Kahn—who wrote “Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece”—cites a 1979 interview with Evans where he said “that it confirmed my own identity to ...

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