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Miles Davis, Miles smiles, and the invention of post bop / Jeremy Yudkin.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML419.D39 Y83 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yudkin, Jeremy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davis, Miles.
- Jazz musicians--United States.
- Jazz musicians.
- Jazz.
- United States.
- Davis, Miles. Miles smiles.
- Jazz--1961-1970--History and criticism.
- Jazz--1961-1970--Analysis, appreciation.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 161 pages : music ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Focusing on one of the legendary musicians in jazz, this book examines Miles Davis's often overlooked music of the mid-1960s with a close examination of the evolution of a new style: post bop. Jeremy Yudkin traces Davis's life and work during a period when the trumpeter was struggling with personal and musical challenges only to emerge once again as the artistic leader of his generation.
- Contents:
- Miles smiles?
- Birth
- Groove
- Voice
- Kind of blue
- "There is no justice"
- Not happening
- The second quintet
- The album Miles smiles, side 1
- The album Miles smiles, side 2
- Conclusion : Miles does smile.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-150), discography (pages [151]-153), and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253219527
- 0253219523
- OCLC:
- 123377316
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