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Kind of BlueWhy the best-selling jazz album of all time is so great.

By Fred KaplanPosted Monday, Aug. 17, 2009, at 6:46 AM ET

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Fred Kaplan, Slate's "War Stories" columnist, also writes frequently about jazz and culture. His new book is 1959: The Year Everything Changed.
Photograph of Miles Davis by Dennis Stock/Magnum Photos.
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