The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991

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University of Michigan Press, 17. júl. 2007 - 534 síður

“Cole does for Miles’s late work what Ian MacDonald’s Revolution in the Head does for the Beatles, examining each album in meticulous detail.”
Time Out

“As with any good musical biography, Cole . . . made me think again about those albums such as Siesta, You’re Under Arrest, and The Man with the Horn that are now stashed in my attic.”
London Times

“In the flurry of books since [Miles Davis’s] death, none has dealt in depth with the music of this period. Music writer George Cole fills this gap. . . . a rich and rewarding read.”
—Gazette (Montreal)

“A fascinating book.”
Mojo

“A singular look into the last stage of Davis’s long, somewhat checkered career gained from various sources, which at the same time gives a picture of the modern music business.”
Midwest Book Review

“There are large chunks of fresh material here. . . . Fill[s] in quite a few gaps and dismisses blanket condemnations of [Miles’s] pop phase.”
Jazzwise

“Thank you for telling it like it was!”
—Randy Hall, singer and guitarist

“Very moving, emotional material.”
—Gordon Meltzer, Miles’s last road manager and executive producer of Doo-Bop

From inside the book

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Prelude
1
Introduction
3
Miles the man
7
Miles his life and music before 1975
13
Into the shadows
30
The Man With The Horn
43
We Want Miles
89
Star People
111
Miles alive
341
Live Around The World
410
Miless other recordings
422
Miless guest recordings
427
The verdict on the music of the 1980s
437
Notes
445
References
470
Compilations
475

Decoy
129
Youre Under Arrest
159
Aura
182
the background
197
Rubberband the lost Miles Davis album
205
Miles and Prince
226
Tutu
232
Siesta
268
Amandla
282
DooBop
307
Tribute albums
483
The eighties music cover versions
485
Unreleased Miles the music in the vaults
486
Miless live repertoire 19811991
496
Miless band lineups 19811991
498
Miless album discography 19801991
502
Books and websites
511
Index
515
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George Cole was educated at Homerton College, University of Cambridge. He is a freelance music and technology journalist whose work has appeared in Music Week, Jazzwise, Financial Times, Sunday Times, Newsweek, Guardian, and other publications.

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