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Milestones : the music and times of Miles Davis / Jack Chambers ; with a new introduction.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML419.D39 C5 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chambers, J. K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davis, Miles.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Da Capo Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- In this "lucid, objective account of (Davis's) musical development, Chambers masterfully reconstructs the sounds and events in Davis's life" ("Down Beat"). 40 photos.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Boplicity
- 1 Tune-up 1926-44 3
- 2 52nd Street Theme 1945-6 23
- 3 Ornithology 1947-8 58
- 4 Move 1948-50 90
- Part 2 Miles Ahead
- 5 Down 1950-4 137
- 6 Walkin' 1954-5 180
- 7 Cookin' 1955-7 215
- 8 Fran Dance 1958-9 270.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Beech Tree Books, c1983-c1985.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-390) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306808498
- OCLC:
- 39335147
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