Such sentiments come as no surprise to trumpet dynamo and San Diego Symphony jazz curator Gilbert Castellanos, who on Aug. 17 will lead “Miles Davis: Kind of Blue — In Concert” at the Rady ...

It didn’t take long after its release on August 17, 1959, for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue to ascend to a throne it has yet to vacate in all of the decades that have followed. With its scepter ...

Miles Davis’ photographed at CBS 30th Street Studio in 1959. (Vernon Smith / file photo) “I’m not a hardcore jazz fan, but I love ‘Kind of Blue’,” said Melissa Etheridge.

Miles Davis’ photographed at CBS 30th Street Studio in 1959. (Vernon Smith / file photo) “I’m not a hardcore jazz fan, but I love ‘Kind of Blue’,” said Melissa Etheridge. “Discussing Miles makes you ...