Summary
The definitive life of one of the greatest and most influential of jazz musiciansMiles Davis was one of the crucial influences in the development of modern jazz. His Kind of Blue is an automatic inclusion in any critic’s list of the great jazz albums, the one record people who own no other jazz records possess, and still sells 250,000 copies a year in the US alone. But Miles regularly changed styles, leaving his inimitable impact on many forms of jazz, whether he created them or simply develo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099281832 |
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| ISBN-10: | 009928183X |
| Author: | John Szwed |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2004 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 29mm |
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Szwed mixes terrific musical analysis with a deep insight into Davis’s life, character and collaboration
Szwed mixes terrific musical analysis with a deep insight into Davis’s life, character and collaboration * Evening Standard *Szwed is an accomplished sifter of wheat from the chaff. He is not only a musicologist, he is an anthripologist * The Times *
About The Author
John Szwed
John Szwed is Professor of Music and Jazz Studies at Columbia University, and Director of the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of a number of books, including Billie Holiday- The Musician and the Myth, Alan Lomax- The Man Who Recorded the World and So What- The Life of Miles Davis.
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