Ashley Kahn won Best Album Notes at the 2026 Grammys for Miles 55: The Prestige Recordings.
The award recognized Kahn as the notes writer for the Miles Davis release, rather than Davis as the performing artist. Best Album Notes honors the research, historical context and writing supplied with a recording package, making it one of the Grammys’ craft-focused categories.
Miles 55: The Prestige Recordings examines Miles Davis’s important 1955 work for Prestige Records. That year included three sessions at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on June 7, August 5 and November 16. It was also the year Davis formed the first great quintet associated with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones.
The other nominees included Scott B. Bomar, Adam Shatz, Amanda Ekery, Alec Palao and Bob Mehr. A common mistake is to answer “Miles Davis,” because his name dominates the title; however, the question asks for the person credited for the album notes, which was Ashley Kahn.