| | |  | Books | Home » » Miles: The Autobiography | | | | | | | Description: | | For more than forty years Miles Davis has been in the front rank of American music. Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles is one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. The subject of several biographies, now Miles speaks out himself about his extraordinary life. Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the first time Miles talks about his five-year silence. He speaks frankly and openly about his drug problem and how he overcame it. He condemns the racism he has encountered in the music business and in American society generally. And he discusses the women in his life. But above all, Miles talks about music and musicians, including the legends he has played with over the years: Bird, Dizzy, Monk, Trane, Mingus, and many others. The man who has given us some of the most exciting music of the past few decades has now given us a compelling and fascinating autobiography, featuring a concise discography and thirty-two pages of photographs. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Miles Davis | | Paperback:
| 448 pages | | Publisher:
| Simon & Schuster | | Publication Date:
| September 15, 1990 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0671725823 | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 71 reviews |
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 Excellent man, excellent bookJul 29, 2010
I do not know if editing made this book that awesome or whether Miles Davis is such a great guy (I believe in the latter), but once you start reading it, it is very hard to put the book aside. What is more, you do not only read the life plus mentality of Miles Davis, but also you read the music scene of an important era as well. All in all, very good book and not even a single second of your time is wasted while reading it. Do I recommend it??? Yes plus plus..
Best Jazz book every!Feb 21, 2010
If you are a musician or an afficionado and conneusiour of jazz music, you must own and read this book.
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 goodJan 26, 2010
I love the music. But I gotta be honset, when I read this, I had a hard time matching that genius with this man.
There are some great stories here and you get a whole insiders scoop on postwar jazz through that of the 1980s. But Davis also self-agrandizes a lot here, talks in big generalizations about "white people" and rationalizes beating his wives and girlfriends.
I litterally had to put this down. I did not want this narration in my head when hearing Davis' amazing music.
This is an interesting read, but for a more objective and comprehensive account, go to Milestones: The Music And Times Of Miles Davis
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Window into the mind of a maverickOct 10, 2009
I read this book about once every two years. Miles is among and has worked with the most important people in 20th century American Music. Essential reading for anyone interested in the genre.
A fun game: try to find any 4 consecutive pages that don't contain the F word.
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 Mother what?Aug 10, 2009
This book it was a very detail adventure on Miles Davis love for the music and what it meant to him to hear a melody what it's importance was to him. But as we went down that spiral of the good and the bad of his relationship with the love of the music he had a lot of experiences that I would have not imagine him to go through with. I also see why he had a lot of opinions about a lot of things that he was feeling as well on top of that about the race and culture of others on top of that as well. I would say that it was great going into the mind of a musician and seeing how he reacts to thing thumbs up to all of that. But the only downfall I had about this was the purchaser I brought this book from said it was like new which the book wasnt.
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