Miles Davis and American culture

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Miles Davis and American culture

Early, Gerald Lyn. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 1883982375
ISBN: 1883982383 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1883983375 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: ix, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Missouri Historical Society Press, c2001.

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Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.