Here is the illustrated history of Miles Davis, the worlds 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. Hes 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. Hes also a fascinating charactermoody, 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 Bessieres, Gerald Early, Nate Chinen, Nalini Jones, Dave Liebman, Garth Cartwright, and more.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Voyageur Press, Bill Cosby, Ron Carter, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins
ISBN-13
9780760342626
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117505198
Product Key Features
Book Title
Miles Davis-The Complete Illustrated History
Author
Timothy Knapman
Format
Book
Language
English
Topic
Music
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Timothy Knapman
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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