| | |  | ICON Fine Art | Home » » Miles Davis and American Culture (Missouri Historical Society Press) | | | | | | | Description: | | Miles Davis and American Culture examines Davis in cultural context. In this new collection of a dozen essays, William Kenney explores the St. Louis jazz scene of Davis's youth; Eugene B. Redmond looks at East St. Louis's cultural history; Ingrid Monson examines Davis and civil rights; and Waldo Martin discusses Davis and his relation to the black avant-garde of the 1960s.Original interviews and classic photographs round out the volume, published to coincide with the 2001 Miles Davis Festival, celebrating what would have been Davis's seventy-fifth birthday.
| | | Product Details: | | | Paperback:
| 240 pages | | Publisher:
| Missouri History Museum Press | | Publication Date:
| June 01, 2001 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1883982383 | | Product Length:
| 9.06 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.05 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.59 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.67 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.06 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.05 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.59 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.83 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
A "must" for students of jazz historyJun 07, 2001
By Midwest Book Review
Miles Davis was far more than just another jazz musician. He was a primary reference for the jazz culture of performers and audiences of his day and a man whose influence on the jazz community continues down to the present time. In Miles Davis And American Culture, Gerald Early has assembled an impressive collection of essays on the world, work, and life of Miles Davis. From Early's opening essay "The Art of the Muscle: Miles Davis as American Knight and American Knave" to Benjamin Cawthra's "Remembering Miles in St. Louise: A Conclusion", Miles Davis And American Culture is a compendium of cogent, illuminating, and occasionally challenging descriptions, analyses, and commentaries on a great icon of American jazz -- and a "must" for students of jazz history, as well as Miles Davis' legions of fans.
4 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Very Compelling BookSep 14, 2001
By A customer
"mistermaxxx"
Miles Davis was more than a Great Musician He was a Man with a Mind&He had alot to say.this Book reflects on that&more.very detail on many subjects.any book usual on Miles is a must read because not only for His Music but His take on the World Around Him.
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