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CALL NUMBER: DVD ML419 .D39 M55 2002
Ten years after his death in 1991, legendary trumpeter Miles Davis remains the best-known and most influential jazz musicians of the last 50 years. The Miles Davis Story explores the music and the man behind the public image, from Miles's middle-class upbringing in racially segregated East St. Louis to the last years when he traveled the world like a rock star. Miles Davis's career intersected with every major development in jazz since the 1940s, and this critically-acclaimed film covers each and every key event: Miles teaming up with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie when he was a 19-yea
CALL NUMBER: DVD ML419 .D39 M55 2002
Ten years after his death in 1991, legendary trumpeter Miles Davis remains the best-known and most influential jazz musicians of the last 50 years. The Miles Davis Story explores the music and the man behind the public image, from Miles's middle-class upbringing in racially segregated East St. Louis to the last years when he traveled the world like a rock star. Miles Davis's career intersected with every major development in jazz since the 1940s, and this critically-acclaimed film covers each and every key event: Miles teaming up with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie when he was a 19-year-old student at the Juilliard School of Music; his influential Birth Of The Cool recordings in 1949; Kind of Blue and his classic collaborations with Gil Evans; his landmark 1950s quintet featuring John Coltrane and his '60s quintet featuring Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter; the making of Bitches Brew and the groundbreaking development of fusion and funk.
THE MILES DAVIS STORY interweaves rare interviews with Miles himself with the insights and memories of his family, friends and many of the great musicians who played with him during his long career.
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Manufacturer: Sony
Release date: 26 November 2002
Number of discs: 1
Tags: Elvin Jones (1), Urszula Dudziak (1), Don Cherry (1), Joe Bonner (1), Benny Bailey (1), Brand X (1), Al Foster (1), Jack DeJohnette (1), Jimmy Cobb (1), Bill Hardman (1), Dave Holland (1), Pete Cosey (1), John McLaughlin (1), Kei Akagi (1), Chick Corea (1), Red Garland (1), J. J. Johnson (1), Dave Liebman (1), George Coleman (1)
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