It's about That Time: Miles Davis on and Off Record by Richard Cook (English) Ha

by Richard Cook

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It's about That Time by Richard Cook, Professor Richard Cook Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description One of the most original books about a jazz musician ever published, this biography-cum-discography focuses on 14 major albums recorded by Miles Davis, using them as a jumping off point for an illuminating discussion of the turbulent life and work of the "Evil Genius of Jazz." Publisher Description Here is quite simply one of the most original books about a jazz musician ever published--a biography-cum-discography that focuses in turn on fourteen major albums recorded by Miles Davis, using them as a jumping off point for an illuminating discussion of the turbulent life and work of the "Evil Genius of Jazz." Richard Cook, a veteran writer respected throughout the jazz world, looks at such landmark recordings as Birth of the Cool, Miles Ahead, Kind of Blue, The Complete Live at The Plugged Nickel, In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and Live at Montreux. Each of these recordings is considered in detail, illuminating their contribution to Davis's development as instrumentalist, group leader, and composer. But Cook goes well beyond these fourteen albums, evaluating all the trumpeter's recordings (official and bootleg), and relating them to events in Miles's life as well as to wider currents in contemporary music. Cook helps us disentangle Miles the legendary figure from the music itself, to re-hear and reconsider this marvelous body of wor

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2007
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780195322668
• Condition: Fine

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