Transcript: Profile: Tribute to jazz great Miles Davis

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 late '60s, Miles had changed directions yet again...

(Soundbite of Miles Davis selection)

GORDON: ...

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