Ashley Kahn is an American music historian, journalist, and producer. He was born in the Bronx, New York, and was raised in Cincinnati. Kahn graduated from Columbia University in 1983. While attending Columbia, he hosted a jazz and blues radio show on WKCR, and was known on the air as "The Cincinnati Kid."[1]
In 2014, Kahn co-authored the autobiography of Carlos Santana, titled The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story To Light. To date, his most critically acclaimed books have been on two major jazz albums, Kind of Blue[2] by Miles Davis and A Love Supreme by John Coltrane. He pens articles, interviews and other features on music, and is a prolific liner note writer for a variety of music labels, and for which he has earned three ASCAP/Deems Taylor awards,[3][4][5] and three Grammy nominations.[6][7] In 2015, he was awarded a Grammy for his album notes to the John Coltrane release Offering: Live at Temple University.[8][9]
^Heatwole, Anne-Ryan (Spring 2016). "Ashley Kahn '83 Brings Music to Life". Columbia College Today. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^Christopher Porter (December 2000). "Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece". JazzTimes. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^Ascap Deems Taylor 2003 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^Ascap/Deems Taylor 2004 Archived August 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^Ascap Deems Taylor 2010
^"Complete List Of 2004 Grammy Nominations: 86.: Album Notes". music-slam.com. December 4, 2003. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^"Complete List of 2011 Grammy Nominations - 89.: Album Notes". Music-Slam.com. December 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^"Grammys 2015". Los Angeles Times. February 8, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^"57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees: Best Album Notes". The Recording Academy. 2004. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
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