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  • Photograph of Miles Davis in the recording studio.

MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL Q&As

Friday, August 30, 7:15 show
With ASHLEY KAHN, jazz scholar and historian
 
Saturday, August 31, 7:15 show
With MARK ROTHBAUM, Miles Davis’s manager & BILL EVANS, saxophonist / former Miles Davis band member
 
Sunday, September 1, 4:55 show
With ASHLEY KAHN, jazz scholar and historian & MIKEL ELAM, visual artist / Miles Davis’s personal assistant

Photograph of Ashley Kahn

Ashley Kahn

Bill Evans head shot.

Bill Evans

Head shot of Mikel Elam.

Mikel Elam

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