Ashley Kahn
Actor
Ashley Kahn (b. 1960) 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."
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 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, and three Grammy nominations. In 2015, he was awarded a Grammy for his album notes to the John Coltrane release Offering: Live at Temple University.
Known for
Acting5
- 2025The Disappearance of Miss Scott as Self
- 2021Classic Albums: Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man as Self
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Writer
- 2018Participio Futuro - #Laculturachevince
- 2017Chasing Trane as Self - Biographer
Behind the camera1
- 2023Carlos Producer