Miles Davis - The Complete Illustrated History - Hardcover

Here is the illustrated history of Miles Davis, the world's most popularjazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and musical visionary. Davis isone of the most innovative, influential, and respected figures in thehistory of music. He's been at the forefront of bebop, cool jazz, hardbop, modal jazz, and jazz-rock fusion, and remains the favorite andbest-selling jazz artist ever, beloved worldwide.

He's also afascinating character – moody, dangerous, brilliant. His story isphenomenal, including tempestous relationships with movie stars, heroinaddictions, police busts, and more; connections with other jazz greatslike Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, GilEvans, John McLaughlin, and many others; and later fusion ventures thatoutraged the worlds of jazz and rock.

Written by an all-starteam, including Sonny Rollins, Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter,Clark Terry, Lenny White, Greg Tate, Ashley Kahn, Robin D. G. Kelley,Francis Davis, George Wein, Vincent Bessières, Gerald Early, NateChinen, Nalini Jones, Dave Liebman, Garth Cartwright, and more.

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