An expansive Miles Davis [ ] box set that includes a fresh produced documentary DVD is being released to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his album "Kind of Blue." The two-CD/DVD set up also includes 12-inch LP pressed on 180-gram blueish vinyl, a fold-out notice, an envelope of memorabilia and a 60-page record of critical essays, annotations and photography, according to a press release.
The DVD, titled "Celebration a Masterpiece: Kind of Blue," includes material from the 2004 mini-documentary "Made In Heaven;" radio interviews with the late Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley; and interviews with musicians and luminaries including the late Ed Bradley, Ron Carter, Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana, among others.
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The DVD as well features a CBS video program recorded in 1959, "Robert Herridge Theater: The Sound of Miles Davis," and a performance filmed at New York's Plaza Hotel in Sept. 1958.
Additionally, a four-week exhibit of Davis' picture taking will be mounted at New York's downtown Morrison Hotel Gallery in November-December 2008.
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