Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Marianne Jean-Baptiste chooses Miles Davis' 1959 album Kind of Blue
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Nominated for Academy Award for her performance in Secret & Lies. Starred in Without a Trace, Takers, Harry's Law. Currently starring in The Amen Corner at the Olivier Theatre.
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Kind of Blue by Miles Davis (1959)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste chooses the 1959 album Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.
From the Archive
Beginnings
Guy Barker on Miles Davis' early life and an interview with Davis, who recalls moving to New York after dropping out of The Julliard School.
From Secret Kind of Blue 18 Aug 2009 on Radio 2
Image Β© Tom Palumbo
Recording
Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls the recording session for Kind of Blue.
From Secret Kind of Blue 18 Aug 2009 on Radio 2
Henry Lowther
Trumpeter Henry Lowther remembers watching Miles Davis perform in England in 1961.
From Jazz Line-Up 23 Aug 2009 on Radio 3
Charlie Parker
Ken Clarke and Soweto Kinch on Davis's relationship with bebop pioneerΒ Charlie Parker.
From Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats 14 Mar 2009 on Radio 4
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Soul Music: Telling the stories of some of the people whose lives have been affected by So What, from Miles Davis' seminal 1959 album
