{"product_id":"9781805302001-3-shades-of-blue","title":"3 Shades of Blue","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans \u0026amp; The Lost Empire of Cool\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, the story of jazz, told through the journeys of three towering artists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the seminal jazz album of all time \u003ci\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e3 Shades of Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent, blended biography on the meandering paths which led Miles, Coltrane and Evans to the mountaintop of 1959 and the aftermath. It's a book about music, business, race, addiction and the cities that gave jazz its home; from New York and LA to Philadelphia, Chicago and Kansas City. Kaplan meditates on creativity and the great forebears of this golden age who would take the music down strange new paths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Above all, this is a book about three very different men - their struggles, their choices, their tragedies, their greatness. The tapestry of their lives is, in Kaplan's hands, an American Odyssey, with no direction home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41532872949857,"sku":"9781805302001","price":25.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36328459.jpg?v=1763596867","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805302001-3-shades-of-blue","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}