Ashley Kahn is an American music historian, journalist, and producer. Kahn graduated from Columbia University in 1983. In 2014, Kahn co-authored the autobiography of Carlos Santana, titled ''The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story To Light''. To date, his most critically acclaimed books have been on two major jazz albums, ''

Kind of Blue ''Kind of Blue'' is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was recorded on March 2 and April 22, 1959, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, and released on August 17 of that year by Co ...

'' by

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...

and '' A Love Supreme'' by John Coltrane. He pens articles, interviews and other features on music, and is a prolific liner note writer for a variety of music labels, and for which he has earned three ASCAP/Deems Taylor awards, and three Grammy nominations. In 2015, he was awarded a Grammy for his album notes to the John Coltrane release ''Offering: Live at Temple University''.

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*''Rolling Stone: The Seventies'', with

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its cov ...

, Holly George-Warren, Shawn Dahl, 1998 for the first edition, Little Brown & Co, USA, *''The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide'' with John Swenson, 1999 for the first edition, Random House, *''Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece'', foreword by

Jimmy Cobb Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...

, 2001, Da Capo Press, USA, *''A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album'', foreword by

Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrat ...

, 2002 for the first edition, Viking Penguin, USA, *''The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records''. (2006) W. W. Norton, *''The Color of Jazz: Album Cover Photographs by Pete Turner''. (2006) Rizzoli International, *''The Blue Note Years: The Photographs of Francis Wolff & Jimmy Katz''. (2009) Jazzprezzo, *''The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story To Light'' — Carlos Santana's autobiography (2014) Little, Brown,

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