Miles Davis (1926-1991) was one of the great jazz musicians, bandleaders and composers. His output includes several of the most acclaimed and popular jazz albums, from the relaxed style of Birth of the Cool to the orchestral Sketches of Spain and the iconic Kind of Blue. He collaborated with great composers, arrangers and musicians like Gil Evans, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. He never ceased to innovate. As the 1960s moved into the 1970s, he developed a darker, more complex sound and began ...
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Miles Davis (1926-1991) was one of the great jazz musicians, bandleaders and composers. His output includes several of the most acclaimed and popular jazz albums, from the relaxed style of Birth of the Cool to the orchestral Sketches of Spain and the iconic Kind of Blue. He collaborated with great composers, arrangers and musicians like Gil Evans, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. He never ceased to innovate. As the 1960s moved into the 1970s, he developed a darker, more complex sound and began increasingly to use electric instruments. The crowning achievement of his experiments, Bitches Brew (1969), became the bestselling jazz album of all time. In this biography, noted jazz critic Brian Morton takes us through the musical history of this remarkable and influential artist and illuminates the personality behind the sound.
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Fine in Not Applicable jacket. Card covers, slim 8vo, pp.170, bw ills. Life & Times series on jazz musician Miles Davis. Fine. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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