Today’s podcast looks at Miles Davis’ background and what led to his own musical changes in 1959. Davis actually recorded two groundbreaking records that year – “Kind of Blue” and “Sketches of Spain.” Journalist Ben Ratliff adds how these records helped to change how people listened to Jazz, and Carlos Santana remembers what Bill Graham told him about “Sketches of Spain.”

In stores now:

Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition)

Sketches of Spain (50th Anniversary Enhanced 2 CD Legacy Edition)

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