Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated HistoryHere is the illustrated history of Miles Davis, the world’s most popular jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and musical visionary. Davis is one of the most innovative, influential, and respected figures in the history of music. He’s been at the forefront of bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz-rock fusion, and remains the favorite and best-selling jazz artist ever, beloved worldwide.He’s also a fascinating character—moody, dangerous, brilliant. His story is phenomenal, including tempestous relationships with movie stars, heroin addictions, police busts, and more; connections with other jazz greats like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Gil Evans, John McLaughlin, and many others; and later fusion ventures that outraged the worlds of jazz and rock.Written by an all-star team, including Sonny Rollins, Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Clark Terry, Lenny White, Greg Tate, Ashley Kahn, Robin D. G. Kelley, Francis Davis, George Wein, Vincent Bessières, Gerald Early, Nate Chinen, Nalini Jones, Dave Liebman, Garth Cartwright, and more. |
Contents
Running the Voodoo Down | 7 |
CHAPTER 1 THE YOUNG ARTIST 19261948 | 11 |
CHAPTER 2 BIRTH OF THE COOL 19491953 | 41 |
CHAPTER 3 HARD BOP 19541958 | 69 |
CHAPTER 4 KIND OF BLUE 19581963 | 95 |
CHAPTER 5 A NEW ENERGY 19641968 | 121 |
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Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History. Englische Originalausgabe ... Ashley Kahn No preview available - 2012 |
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