Download or read book The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music written by Richard Williams and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how jazz legend Miles Davis's seminal album "Kind of Blue" has changed both music and culture since its release in 1959, and explains how it influenced diverse artists such as Steve Reich and the Velvet Underground.