Book Review. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool. By James Kaplan Penguin: 484 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may ...

James Kaplan's 3 Shades of Blue is an intimate biographic work that takes you through a fly-on-the-wall journey on the careers of three of the greatest jazz musicians of all time: Miles Davis, John ...

James Kaplan’s new book, “3 Shades of Blue,” examines the lives of Miles, John Coltrane and Bill Evans, and the extraordinary album they made.

In “3 Shades of Blue,” journalist James Kaplan — author, among other books, of “Frank: The Voice,” and “Sinatra: The Chairman” — takes a deep dive into these developments.

Those first three names are some of the largest loomers in jazz history. Their paths to, during and after Kind of Blue are detailed in the fascinating, detailed and comprehensive book 3 Shades of ...

From 3 SHADES OF BLUE: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan, to be published on March 5, 2024, by Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Publishing ...

‘3 Shades of Blue’ Review: Miles Davis and Friends. The trumpeter, along with the saxophonist John Coltrane and the pianist Bill Evans, helped define postwar jazz. By . Gerald Early.

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool, by James Kaplan, Canongate £25/ Penguin Press $35, 496 pages ...

3 Shades of Blue. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool: an eloquent elegy . James Kaplan captures a remarkable time when some of the greatest art of the 20th century ...