{"product_id":"blue-moment-miles-daviss-kind-of-blue-and-the-remaking-of-modern-music-9780393076639","title":"Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music","description":"\"It is the most singular of sounds, yet among the most ubiquitous. It is the sound of isolation that has sold itself to millions.\" Miles Davis's \u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is the best-selling piece of music in jazz history and, for many listeners, among the most haunting works of the twentieth century. It is also, notoriously, the only jazz album many people own. Recorded in 1959 (in nine miraculous hours), there has been nothing like it since. Richard Williams's \"richly informative\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e) history considers the album within its wider cultural context, showing how the record influenced such diverse artists as Steve Reich and the Velvet Underground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the tradition of Alex Ross and Greil Marcus, the \"effortlessly versatile\" Williams (\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e) \"connects these seemingly disparate phenomena with purpose, finesse and journalistic flair\" (\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e), making masterly connections to painting, literature, philosophy, and poetry while identifying the qualities that make the album so uniquely appealing and surprisingly universal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 6.68w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393076639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2010 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2010 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2010 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e writes for \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e on music and sports and has written books on subjects such as Phil Spector and Ayrton Senna. A former editor of \u003cem\u003eMelody Maker\u003c\/em\u003e and head of A\u0026amp;R at Island Records, Williams lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40189619634291,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_689b8f33-c15c-465e-b6c5-cd32c22f125f.jpg?v=1655817566","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/blue-moment-miles-daviss-kind-of-blue-and-the-remaking-of-modern-music-9780393076639","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}