Miles Davis Companion: Four Decades of Commentary, Gary Carner (ed)

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The Miles Davis Companion Four Decades Of Commentary

Gary Carner (ed)
Schirmer Books, 1996
Paperback. 288pp. b&w illustrations
£14.99 [CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK]

The Miles Davis Companion profiles the life and career of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. From 1950s "cool" jazz to 1970s jazz-rock fusion to 1990s hip-hop, Davis was an innovative musician who always created new sounds and styles. Throughout his career, Davis attached stereotypes and refused to kowtow to the musical (or popular) press. The Companion draws on profiles, interviews, liner notes, and original reviews of recordings to give a full picture of his work. It also includes essays on the impact of Davis's life and music, his controversial stance toward women and other musicians, and his transformation from jazz musician to cultural icon.

CONTENTS include:
Play the Right Thing by Stanley Crouch
Homage to Miles Davis by Amiri Baraka
Miles: Not in a Silent Way by Nat Hentoff
Talking Jazz by Ben Sidran
Miles Agonistes by Francis Davis
Mad at Miles by Pearl Cleage
20 more articles, selected bibliography, selected discography, and chronology

GARY GARNER (editor) has taught jazz history at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of Jazz Performers: An Annotated Bibliography of Biographical Materials.

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FURTHER READING

So What by John Szwed
Kind of Blue Ashley Kahn's account of the making of this seminal album
Miles Beyond Paul Tingen's book on Miles' electric explorations
Miles Davis and American Culture a collection of essays edited by Gerald Early
Miles Davis Reader edited by Bill Kirchner
Miles The Autobiography Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe
Miles and Me by Quincy Troupe

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