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The Miles Davis Story
by Colin Fleming
A virulent sort of man with a bent for misogyny, selfishness, and a deep rooted, almost fanatical racism, Miles Davis, as his music asserted and any thoughtful analysis confirms, was also one of jazz's three or four greatest artists, an individual belonging to group of men with sublime and graceful talent who also happen to embody ...
Miles Davis and Sonny Stitt: Jazz Time: Olympia
by Samuel Chell
On page 249 of his autobiography, Miles Davis recounts driving around Philly with Jimmy Heath, recalling that he “probably was complaining to him about Sonny Stitt playing the wrong [stuff] on 'So What,' because he would always [mess] up on that tune."The marvel is that Miles called on Stitt to replace Coltrane in the ...
Kinds of 'do: The Story of Miles Davis' Hair
by Eric J. Iannelli
Kinds of 'do: The Story of Miles Davis' Hair Ken CheveuxSchneider & Haar Publishers 2004 If you were too preoccupied with the master trumpeter's playing, you might have overlooked what more style-conscious fans noticed all along: Miles Davis' coif changed almost as radically as his music over the ...
Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l'eschafaud
by John Kelman
With the original soundtrack issued as side one of the 1958 Columbia LP release, Jazz Tracks , the complete session from Miles Davis' soundtrack recording to the 1958 Louis Malle film, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud has been out of print on CD for many years. Now Universal Music France has rectified that situation, reissuing the complete session ...
Miles: Ever Changing, Ever Perplexing
by R.J. DeLuke
Miles Davis and American Culture Gerald Early (Editor) Univ of Missouri Press ISBN: 1883982375 Miles Davis is such a dominating figure that he will probably be analyzed forever. His importance in music is obvious. As a performer, conceptualist, bandleader, trumpeter, guru – whatever – he stands as one ...
Electric Miles: Danger, High Voltage
by R.J. DeLuke
Miles Beyond: Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991 Paul Tingen Watson-Guptill Pub ISBN: 0823083462 The new book by Paul Tingen on the music of Miles Davis is a long time in coming. How did a book like this take so long to come around? Let's not go there. The author ...
Miles, From the Eyes of a Friend
by R.J. DeLuke
Miles to Go Chris Murphy Thunder's Mouth Press ISBN: 1560253614 A new book on Miles Davis has hit the stands and it’s bound to garner some reaction because of its subject matter: another take on the Price of Darkness, or whatever moniker one wants to stick on the musical and ...
Miles and Me
by R.J. DeLuke
Miles and Me Quincy Troupe Univ of CA Press 200pp. 0520216245 After years of worship from afar, a young writer meets his idol at a party in a short matter-of-fact encounter that ends with the Black Prince sliding almost mysteriously out the door and into ...
Blue Mitchell
by Robert Spencer
All About Jazz contributing writer C. Andrew Hovan said it best: “Those of you that are longtime jazz fans, take a few minutes and see how many jazz trumpeters you can name in the next minute. All done? I'm sure many of you remember Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Louis Armstrong, and Buck Clayton, just to name ...
Stuff of Legends: Miles and Co. and Kind of Blue
by R.J. DeLuke
From the first notes of Bill Evans piano intro it starts to hook you. The resonant tones from Paul Chambers bass tip-toe in and the head to “So What" is played. Then the warm, soulful trumpet enters as a resounding, but subtle, symbol crash from drummer Jimmy Cobb sets off the beginning of Miles Davis' solo ...
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