Ashley Kahn
Commentator, Morning Edition
Ashley Kahn is an American music historian, journalist, and producer, as well as a regular commentator on Morning Edition.
Kahn has had different jobs related to music in his career: from deejay to video producer and freelance writer, from road manager to concert producer and TV music editor for VH1. As a road manager, he has toured with jazz musicians including Henry Threadgill, Cassandra Wilson, and Greg Osby; with African artists including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Hugh Masekela, and Lucky Dube; with rock artists including Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel; and with pop stars including Britney Spears.
His most critically acclaimed books have been on two major jazz albums, Kind of Blue from Miles Davis and A Love Supreme from John Coltrane. Apart from his books, his contributions as a journalist have appeared in the New York Times, Downbeat, Jazz Times and Rolling Stone in the USA; Mojo and New Statesman in the UK; GQ in Japan, and many others.
More From Ashley Kahn
Music News
Man And Machines: Pat Metheny's Orchestrion
The great jazz guitarist built his own orchestra of computer-controlled acoustic instruments.
Music Interviews
RUN DMC On The Birth Of Rap
Twenty-five years after RUN DMC's first single was released, member Darryl McDaniels looks back.
Music Interviews
RUN DMC Crashes Rock's Hall Of Fame, Again
The groundbreaking hip-hop group achieved a number of historic firsts during its heyday in the '80s.
