Round about Midnight: A Portrait of Miles Davis Paperback - 1996
by Eric Nisenson
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From 1975 to 1981 the jazz giant Miles Davis temporarily retired from music. Almost completely reclusive, nobody outside of a very close circle knew what was happening to him. Rumors abounded: he was sick, he was dying, he was healthy; he was playing the trumpet, the organ, nothing at all. Only one jazz writer was able to get close to him during this time: Eric Nisenson. From 1978 to 1981 Nisenson conducted dozens of interviews with Miles Davis and his associates. The result was 'Round About Midnight, an engaging firsthand account of Miles's fascinating and difficult career. From his recordings with Charlie Parker and the Birth of the Cool nonet, through the Coltrane quintet, the Gil Evans-arranged masterpieces of the sixties, the landmark Kind of Blue album, the Shorter/Hancock/Carter/Williams group, and the success of his fusion recordings of the seventies, Miles's personality - contemplative, abruptly defiant, strong, elegant - meshed with his art to form one of the most compelling legends in the history of American music. While actively disdaining his audience, he sought to broaden it by incorporating elements of other musics - classical, flamenco, rock, funk - into his uncompromising jazz. This contradictory combination of contempt and a desire for recognition fueled controversy in both his public and private lives, and resulted in Miles's lengthy self-imposed isolation. Nisenson broke through that isolation, and his biographical portrait is vivid and telling. This updated edition features a new preface, new material covering Miles in the eighties, and a new recommended listening section.
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- Title Round about Midnight: A Portrait of Miles Davis
- Author Eric Nisenson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Updated
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Da Capo Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-03-22
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780306806841 / 0306806843
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.21 x 5.44 x 0.74 in (20.85 x 13.82 x 1.88 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Davis, Miles, Jazz musicians - United States - Biography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95052542
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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