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Bill Evans' 'Kind of Blue' Notes

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Marc Myers
Feb 12, 2015
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Most jazz fans know that pianist Bill Evans wrote the liner notes that appear on the back of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. What you probably don't know is that Evans' draft was worded slightly differently in places before he edited the text prior to submission. Yesterday, JazzWax reader Robert Brais sent along a copy of the original draft. He has the copy …

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