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Miles Davis And American Culture
open our order pageGerald Early (ed)
Missouri Historical Society Press, 2001
Paperback. 238pp. b&w illustrations
£15.95

Miles Davis & American Culture An excellent collection of essays edited by Gerald Early.

CONTENTS:
Foreword Clark Terry
The Art of the Music Gerald Early
Just Before Miles: Jazz in St Louis, 1926-1944 William Howland Kenney
"I Just Adored That Man" - an interview with Quincy Jones
"So What" (?) ...It's "All Blues" Anyway: An Anecdotal/Jazzological Tour of Milesville Eugene B. Redmond
"He's Miles Ahead" - an interview with George Avakian
Miles and the Jazz Critics John Gennari
"Sensational Pulse" - an interview with Ahmad Jamal
Miles, Politic and Image Ingrid Monson
"Any Direction He Chose" - an interview with Ron Carter
Miles Davis and the 1960s Avant-Garde Waldo E. Martin, Jr
From Kind of Blue to Bitches Brew Quincy Troupe
"It's About That Time": The Response to Miles Davis's Electric Turn Eric Porter
Miles Davis and the Double Audience Martha Bayless
"Here's God Walking Around" - an interview with Joey DeFrancesco
Ladies Sing Miles Farah Jasmine Griffin
Remembering Miles in St Louis: A Conclusion Benjamin Cawthra
Appendix 1: Playboy Interview with Alex Haley
Appendix 2: Chronology
Acknowledgements

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FURTHER READING

Miles Davis by Ian Carr
A Miles Davis Reader a collection of articles
Miles Beyond Paul Tingen's book on Miles' electric explorations
Miles The Autobiographyas told to Quincy Troupe
Kind of Blue Ashley Kahn's extended essay on the making of this album

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