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The Making of Kind of Blue

Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls playing with Miles Davis on his 1959 album Kind of Blue, changing jazz forever. With Mike Lanchin.

***Visionary jazz musician Miles Davis joins BBC Radio 4 Extra's 100 Club – born 26th May 1926. He died in 1991 aged 65***

Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls playing with Miles Davis on the album that changed jazz for ever.

Kind of Blue was recorded in just two sessions at 30th Street Studios in New York City in 1959.

Presenter: Mike Lanchin

Producer: Kirsty Reid

First broadcast on BBC Radio in December 2014.

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BBC Radio 4 Extra

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