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• ISBN13: 9781423430766
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| | | Product Details: | | | Hardcover:
| 356 pages | | Publisher:
| HAL LEONARD CORPORATION | | Publication Date:
| October 01, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 142343076X | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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 Miles Davis MishMesh, Not a ReaderMay 14, 2010
I expected a systematic treatment of Miles Davis' work, retrospective and comprehensive in scope. I believe this is what one would expect to receive with such a title as "The Miles Davis Reader." Instead, I was greatly dissapointed to find this is just a collection of articles that Downbeat magazine has published ranging from reviews to trivial little nuggets (e.g. quotes from ex-wives that were published throughout the years).
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 The one to get...Dec 23, 2008
Miles Davis has had more ink written about him than just about any other jazz artist. I've read at least a dozen of them! After a while, you begin to feel like you've read the same stories told from the same perspective over and over again.
The Miles Davis Reader is a keeper for your library. It is the first Miles Davis piece in a while that actually tells new stories and gives new insights. Other than Jack Chambers' "Milestones",(a definitive, yet concise book) this is the one to get.
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if you love miles, you cant live without this.Aug 17, 2008
ill be brief, all the important interviews, all the reviews,[even ladder day box sets] and i assume most of the magazine covers, this is one cool book.its interesting seeing the original reviews for on the corner and live evil, they are not favorable, and how both of them are much better thought of to day, the kind of blue review pretty much sums it up, 50 years later nothing more can really be said about the greatest modern jazz album of all time[a love supreme a close second in my opinion].i will read this time and time again. do not hesitate. youll read it the first night.
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EssentialMar 27, 2008
Unfortunately, I do not have the book in front of me, so I may not be as specific as I'd like to be. But for any fan of Miles, or someone who wants an excellent overview of the unique music and personality of Miles Davis, this is essential. It begins with articles, reviews and interviews from the 1950's and 1960's and proceeds on through his death. Though some of the reviews I read may not be as receptive to Pete Cosey, Miles' guitarist in the 70's, as I would hope, it is excusable since I think those 70's bands were several decades ahead of their time. Anyway, rather than waste anymore time reading this review, get the book, read it and then go listen to Miles, or Duke or Herbie, or Zawinul or John McLaughlin or wherever it inspires you to go.
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This reader surveys Miles throughout his career and is a key addition, not to be missed.Mar 04, 2008
Any avid fan of jazz musician Miles Davis and any music library catering to this audience needs THE MILES DAVIS READER. With so many biographies and music coverages on Miles available, why the need for yet another? Because it collects some sixty years worth of articles, interviews, news reports, police reports and record reviews, plumbing almost every type of written record on Davis and providing a selection of the best writings revealing the man and his music. This reader surveys Miles throughout his career and is a key addition, not to be missed.
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