James Kaplan: 3 Shades of Blue

I used to read many books on jazz and many of them were about Miles Davis. I picked up James Kaplan’s 3 Shades of Blue just before the winter break and had been savoring it. I read quite a bit about Miles Davis and John Coltrane, but not much about Bill Evans, and Kaplan has done an excellent job of weaving them together. The majority of the book is still about Davis, but Coltrane and Evans added a significant perspective to the book. It takes a skillful writer to piece the history, the music, and the personality together. Kaplan has done his research and his writing is just excellent. He has done all the hard work. I just enjoyed the fruits of his labor. I wonder what is size of audience for this book. Is it still large or just a small number of jazz lovers like myself? If you are into jazz, this is one of the books to read.