MILES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY [Inscribed by Troupe]

Davis, Miles; Troupe, Quincy

ISBN 10: 0671725823 / ISBN 13: 9780671725822

Published by Touchstone; Simon and Schuster, New York, 1989

About this Item

Octavo, 441 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine black with white lettering. Mild shelf wear. Scuffing to covers. Moderate foxing to edges of textblock. Interior pages clean. Features illustrations throughout. Inscribed by Quincy Troupe to Dorothy Gilliam on title page, dated 11/24/1990. Shelved in Case 12. Dorothy Gilliam is an American journalist, who was the first female African American reporter to work for the Washington Post. 1383331. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MILES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY [Inscribed by Troupe]
• Publisher: Touchstone; Simon and Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671725823
• ISBN 13: 9780671725822
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Dupont Circle
  • Performing Arts

About this title

Synopsis

For more than forty years Miles Davis has been in the front rank of American music. Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles is one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. The subject of several biographies, now Miles speaks out himself about his extraordinary life.

Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the first time Miles talks about his five-year silence. He speaks frankly and openly about his drug problem and how he overcame it. He condemns the racism he has encountered in the music business and in American society generally. And he discusses the women in his life. But above all, Miles talks about music and musicians, including the legends he has played with over the years: Bird, Dizzy, Monk, Trane, Mingus, and many others.

The man who has given us some of the most exciting music of the past few decades has now given us a compelling and fascinating autobiography, featuring a concise discography and thirty-two pages of photographs.

About the Author

Miles Davis is forever the innovator, not only as a musician, but in other realms. His artistic impressions in oil paintings and sketches have drawn critical acclaim and have been shown in galleries around the world. "Sir" Miles Davis was inducted into the Knights of Malta in November 1988. In November 1984, he received the Sonning Music Award for lifetime achievement in music, and in March 1990, his twenty-fourth Grammy Award, this time for lifetime achievement in music.

Quincy Troupe is a poet, journalist, and teacher. He won the 1980 American Book Award for poetry. He has published essays and articles in Essence, the Village Voice, Newsday, Spin, Musician, and many other publications. He was the editor of James Baldwin: The Legacy, and is a professor at the College of Staten Island (City University of New York) and at Columbia University.

The authors received a 1990 American Book Award for Miles.