Richard Clay

Richard Clay: All Star Tribute to Pablic Picasso and Miles Davis

by Dave Nathan
September 1, 2000

At first blush, an album dedicated both Pablo Picasso and Miles Davis may appear to be honoring the quintessential odd couple. But after you think about it the combination makes sense. Both men went through quite distinctive periods during their respective lives as they moved toward the culmination of their artistic development. Picasso went through his Blue Period, Cubism, finally arriving at Surrealism, which found greater expression in his poetry than his painting or sculptures. Miles Davis, too, went through ...