The beauty of this collection is seeing the development of an artist over time. The reviews of his music go from quietly introducing a new talent to revering, perhaps, the greatest jazz artist of his generation.

Provides a complete discography of all recordings made or issued on the Blue Note label from 1939 through 1999.

Includes: Agitation * All Blues * Bitches Brew * Country Son * Eighty One * Filles De Kilimanjaro * Four * Miles * Miles Runs the Voodoo Down * No Blues * Petits Machins * Seven Steps to Heaven * So What * and Spanish Key, plus a biography ...

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As told by his son, this book strips away the public perception of Davis often concocted through other books written without such intimate access to the man and gets down to the realities of his personality and quirks.

Based on interviews with family and friends, this account of the jazz great's life reveals the influence of Miles Davis' life on his work as well as the musician's persistent desire to re-invent himself.

Nisenson broke through that isolation, and his biographical portrait is vivid and telling This updated edition features a new preface, new material covering Miles in the eighties, and a new recommended listening section.

As in jazz, where improvisation by one performer prompts another to riff on the same theme, I Walked with Giants juxtaposes Heath’s account of his life and career with recollections from jazz giants about life on the road and making music ...

Presents an in-depth exploration of the musician's controversial electric period and the impact it had on the jazz community, as drawn from firsthand recollections about his artistic and personal life. Reprint.

The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century