Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop

by Jeremy Yudkin

Book Overview

Focusing on one of the legendary musicians in jazz, this book examines Miles Davis's often overlooked music of the mid-1960s with a close examination of the evolution of a new style: post bop. Jeremy Yudkin traces Davis's life and work during a period when the trumpeter was struggling with personal and musical challenges only to emerge once again as the artistic leader of his generation.

A major force in post-war American jazz, Miles Davis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253219523
• ISBN13: 9780253219527
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher