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title: "3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool Hardcover – March 5, 2024"
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# 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool Hardcover – March 5, 2024

**Brand:** james kaplan
**Price:** € 87.81
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- **What is this?** 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool Hardcover – March 5, 2024 by james kaplan
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Powerful and memorable
  

*by K***. on Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024*

I love this book—it is elegant, insightful, and memorable. For anyone interested in modern American music, its subject—the intertwining careers of three jazz giants—is of clear importance. Beyond that, however, Kaplan’s style seems just perfect to me. Some of his narrative may be familiar to readers, but the tone of his writing is fresh and completely his own. This story is both tough and tender, exhilarating and heartbreaking. What comes through on every page is the author’s profound respect for his subjects—the awe he has for their drive to create new and great music. The frequent mess of their actual lives suggests something of the difficulty of that quest. Kaplan has no rose-colored glasses: these lives were real and need to be seen honestly. However, he is motivated by the knowledge that it is their achievement—their lasting gifts to all of us—that transcends all the rest. Kaplan is simply wonderful at suggesting what really matters.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Three Biographies in One
  

*by B***O on Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024*

Fans of these three jazz giants may feel that this book plows ground that has been covered before in previous biographies, but there's enough information to make it a worthwhile read.  A full fourth of the book details what happened to Davis, Coltrane and Evans after the recording of Kind of Blue.  For that matter, there are other volumes available that are much more detailed about that particular album's creation.  Kaplan sees the album as the high water mark of America's lover affair with jazz and that the public's interest in the music began to wane shortly thereafter.  Davis dominates throughout the book in comparison to the much smaller space afforded Coltrane and Evans.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent Summer Reading for a Musician
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024*

What a great story and an excellent read! Wonderful piece of research. I don’t want it to end and I rarely feel that way about a non-fiction book.If you’re a fan of jazz and/or the blues, it’s a must read.

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