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Milestones The Music And Times Of Miles Davis
open our order pageJack Chambers
Da Capo Press, 1998, with a new introduction by the author (first published in 1989)
Paperback. 454pp. b&w illustrations
£18.50

MilestonesThis biography, first published in 1989, inclues a substantial new introduction that details Davis's turbulent last decade; the drawing and painting that became his true creative outlet; the musical lows of his final "Freaky Deaky" years; the family warfare that has erupted over his last will and treatment; and - in a long-awaited expose - the truth behind Davis's so-called Autobiography, the book that "borrowed" gigantic portions from Milestones and passed them off as Davis's. Jack Chambers breaks his silence to discuss the extent of the "borrowing" and who was responsible

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FURTHER READING

Miles The Autobiography Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe
Miles and Me by Quincy Troupe
Miles Davis by Ian Carr
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
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