New Miles Davis DVD, box set
An expansive Miles Davis box set that includes a newly produced documentary DVD is being released to mark the 50th anniversary of his album "Kind of Blue." The two-CD/DVD set also includes 12-inch LP pressed on 180-gram blue vinyl, a fold-out poster, an envelope of memorabilia and a 60-page book of critical essays, annotations and photography, according to a press release.
The DVD, titled "Celebration a Masterpiece: Kind of Blue," includes material from the 2004 mini-documentary "Made In Heaven;" radio interviews with the late Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley; and interviews with musicians and luminaries including the late Ed Bradley, Ron Carter, Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana, among others.
The DVD also features a CBS television program recorded in 1959, "Robert Herridge Theater: The Sound of Miles Davis," and a performance filmed at New York's Plaza Hotel in Sept. 1958.
Additionally, a four-week exhibit of Davis' photography will be mounted at New York's downtown Morrison Hotel Gallery in November-December 2008.
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