It's about That Time: Miles Davis on and Off Record
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cook, Richard, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Here is quite simply one of the most original books ong>aboutong> a jazz musician ever published--a biography-cum-discography ong>thatong> focuses in turn on fourteen major albums recorded by ong>Milesong> ong>Davisong>, 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, ong>Milesong> 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 ong>Davisong>'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 ong>Milesong>'s life as well as to wider currents in contemporary music. Cook helps us disentangle ong>Milesong> the legendary figure from the music ong>itsong>elf, to re-hear and reconsider this marvelous body of work ranging over four exhilarating decades. The author also highlights the indispensable contributions of sidemen such as John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, and many others, as well as calling for a reassessment of the importance of such "satellite" figures as Gil Evans, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams and Chick Corea in the development of ong>Milesong>'s music. A comprehensive and rigorous guide to the music and life of ong>Milesong> ong>Davisong>, It's ong>Aboutong> ong>Thatong> ong>Timeong> is a stunning book ong>thatong> burns away the fog of myth ong>thatong> surrounds ong>itsong> complex and contrary subject. Acquista Ora