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It's about That Time - Miles Davis on and Off Record (Hardcover)
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It's about That Time - Miles Davis on and Off Record (Hardcover)
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Here is quite simply one of the most original books about a jazz
musician ever published--a biography-cum-discography that focuses
in turn on fourteen major albums recorded by Miles Davis, using
them as a jumping off point for an illuminating discussion of the
turbulent life and work of the "Evil Genius of Jazz." Richard Cook,
a veteran writer respected throughout the jazz world, looks at such
landmark recordings as Birth of the Cool, Miles Ahead, Kind of
Blue, The Complete Live at The Plugged Nickel, In a Silent Way,
Bitches Brew, and Live at Montreux. Each of these recordings is
considered in detail, illuminating their contribution to Davis's
development as instrumentalist, group leader, and composer. But
Cook goes well beyond these fourteen albums, evaluating all the
trumpeter's recordings (official and bootleg), and relating them to
events in Miles's life as well as to wider currents in contemporary
music. Cook helps us disentangle Miles the legendary figure from
the music itself, to re-hear and reconsider this marvelous body of
work ranging over four exhilarating decades. The author also
highlights the indispensable contributions of sidemen such as John
Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin,
John Scofield, and many others, as well as calling for a
reassessment of the importance of such "satellite" figures as Gil
Evans, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams and Chick Corea in
the development of Miles's music. A comprehensive and rigorous
guide to the music and life of Miles Davis, It's About That Time is
a stunning book that burns away the fog of myth that surrounds its
complex and contrary subject.
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