Miles Davis : the definitive biography
Ian Carr (Author)
This exhaustively researched, classic biography throws new light on Davis' life and career and offers firsthand accounts of his descent into addiction, as well as his dramatic return to life and music
collective biographies
1 online resource (681 pages)
9780786747016, 9780007481941, 0786747013, 0007481942
904402716
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. Miles Dewey Davis III
2. Bird Land
3. The Birth of Cool
4. Cold Turkey
5. The First Great Quintet
6. Miles Ahead
7. The First Great Sextet
8. Porgy and Bess
9. Is It Jazz?
10. After Coltrane
11. In and Out of the Doldrums
12. MIles in the Sky
13. Play What's Not There!
14. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
15. Jazz into Rock Will Go
16. Live-Evil
17. Manhattan Jungle Symphony
18. The Silent Years, 1976-1980
19. A Tentative New Beginning
20. Crisis and Rebirth
21. Honours, Insults and Changes
22. Tutu
23. Amandla
24. The final chapter
Postscript
References
Bibliography
Appendix A: Musical examples
Appendix B: Notes on repertoire
Appendix C: Discography
Index