IAN CARR : MILES DAVIS THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY [HarperCollins Publishers]

Author: Ian Carr
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published Year: 1998
Country : UK
Genre: Music book

Pages: 672
The acclaimed classic biography, fully revised, becomes the definitive. The revised edition on Ian Carr's classic biography of Miles Davis throws new light on his life and career from the early days in New York, with Charlie Parker, to his Birth of the Cool band, through his drug addiction in the early 1950s, and the years of extraordinary achievements.  Miles Davis, whose work has been called 'one of the greatest musical legacies of the twentieth century', remained controversial until the end, and this definitive biography examines the controversy from all sides. With access to the inner circle of Davis's friends and associates, Ian Carr includes new interviews with jazz greats. This new, revised edition is an essential source for those who want to understand Miles, his music and the 'jazz life'.