U.S. News & World Report , 1/5/09 "a brisk read, full of rarely seen photos." Malcolm Jones, Newsweek , 2/9/09 "Absorbing." Counterpunch.org, 8/14/09 "excellent" The Believer , August 2013 "I read it with admiration, pleasure, and, occasionally, more concentration than I need to use on most music books.Kahn writes with discipline and a great deal of care. And--yes--he provides an authoritative and accessible guide.

His book is riveting." Virginia Quarterly Review , 10/18/13 "There is no argument about the celestial status of Miles Davis's 1959 epic recording Kind of Blue and Ashley Kahn's Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles David Masterpiece , an informative brief for its greatness.".