Milestones The Music And Times Of Miles Davis

by Chambers, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780306808494
• ISBN10: 0306808498
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-22
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

This invaluable biography of trumpeter and jazz-bebop-fusion innovator Miles Davis (19261991) includes a substantial new introduction that for the first time details Davis's turbulent last decade; the drawing and painting that became an additional creative outlet; the musical lows of his final "Freaky Deaky" years; the family warfare that has erupted over his last will and testament; andin a long-awaited exposethe truth behind Davis's so-calledAutobiography,the book that "borrowed" gigantic portions fromMilestonesand passed them off as Davis's. Jack Chambers breaks his silence to discuss the extent of the "borrowing" and who was responsible. Here is the last word on the music and controversial life of Miles Davis.

Author Biography

Jack Chambers, the author of several books, lives in Canada, where he is professor of linguistics at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	vii	(5)
ABBREVIATIONS	xii
PART ONE: BOPLICITY	3	(134)
1 Tune-up 1926-44	3	(20)
2 52nd Street Theme 1945-6	23	(35)
3 Ornithology 1947-8	58	(32)
4 Move 1948-50	90	(47)
PART TWO: MILES AHEAD	137	(182)
5 Down 1950-4	137	(43)
6 Walkin' 1954-5	180	(35)
7 Cookin' 1955-7	215	(55)
8 Fran Dance 1958-9	270	(49)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	319	(7)
INDEX	326