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Miles Davis and American culture, edited by Gerald Early

Label
Miles Davis and American culture, edited by Gerald Early
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Miles Davis and American culture
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
46364839
Responsibility statement
edited by Gerald Early
Table Of Contents
The art of the muscle: Miles Davis as American knave / Gerald Early -- Just before Miles: jazz in St. Louis, 1926-1944 / William Howland Kenney -- "I just adored that man" / an interview with Quincy Jones -- "So what"(?) ... it's "all blues" anyway: an anecdotal/jazzological tour of Milesville / Eugene B. Redmond -- "He's Miles ahead" / an interview with George Avakian -- Miles and the jazz critics / John Gennari -- "Sensational pulse" / an interview with Ahmad Jamal -- Miles, politics, and image / Ingrid Monson -- "Any direction he chose" / an interview with Ron Carter -- Miles Davis and the 1960s avant-garde / Waldo E. Martin Jr. -- From Kind of blue to Bitches brew / Quincy Troupe -- "It's about that time": the response to Miles Davis's electric turn / Eric Porter -- Miles Davis and the double audience / Martha Bayless -- "Here's God walking around" / an interview with Joey DeFrancesco -- Ladies sing Miles / Farah Jasmine Griffin -- Remembering Miles in St. Louis: a conclusion / Benjamin Cawthra -- Appendix 1. Playboy interview with Alex Haley -- Appendix 2. Chronology
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