Miles Davis was arguably the late 20th century's most influential jazz musician, his career spanning the late-'40s bebop era, during which he performed regularly with saxophonist Charlie Parker, and the jazz-rock of the '70s and '80s, a genre he almost single-handedly inspired. British jazz musician, broadcaster, and writer Ian Carr's superb biography of the mercurial trumpeter follows Davis's ever-evolving career, vividly depicting his New York apprenticeship with Parker (the model for his restless musical experimentation) ...
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Miles Davis was arguably the late 20th century's most influential jazz musician, his career spanning the late-'40s bebop era, during which he performed regularly with saxophonist Charlie Parker, and the jazz-rock of the '70s and '80s, a genre he almost single-handedly inspired. British jazz musician, broadcaster, and writer Ian Carr's superb biography of the mercurial trumpeter follows Davis's ever-evolving career, vividly depicting his New York apprenticeship with Parker (the model for his restless musical experimentation), as well as his growing musical confidence and early-'50s struggle with heroin addiction. Carr's expert musical analysis encompasses Davis's mid-'50s period of brilliant creativity, with a band that featured saxophonist John Coltrane and drummer Philly Joe Jones, and his later cycles of discovery of new ways of musical expression, including his late-'60s and early-'70s flirtation with rock. The author's sources include many of Davis's former sidemen and musical collaborators, like composer and arranger Gil Evans, pianist Keith Jarrett, and producer Teo Macero, who provide a wealth of invaluable musical and personal background detail. Featuring a comprehensive discography and an appendix of selected transcribed solos, MILES DAVIS is an accomplished, musically erudite, and impeccably researched study of the life of a singular musician.
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