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Miles Davis. MILES DAVIS This is my report on Miles Davis that I have written
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Miles Kimball A Subsidiary of Blyth, Inc. Miles Kimball A Subsidiary of Blyth,
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Cars that last a million miles. Yes, it's still rare to see a million miles on
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Miles: The Autobiography
A Reflection
Infant to Jazz that I am, I thought the best way to introduce myself to Miles Davis should be through his autobiography. This examination of Miles: The Autobiography will assess my own interpretation of Mile Davis the man, the musician, the artist. It was easy to connect with Davis throughout, and with deep compassion and empathy, due to his emotional perspective prevalent in the writing. The book's considerations are in every case filtered through the personality of Miles Davis. Davis makes no intention of discussing subjects from a political, historical, musicological or sociological perspective. The author has only one perspective—emotional. In his emotional and passionate context, Davis makes clear that to him jazz is a unique and priceless expression of black culture. For the most part, Davis' views on music, politics, and religion are expressed not in the abstract, not as parts of some well-defined philosophy of life, but rather as expressions of raw, deeply felt experience.
The underlying theme throughout the autobiography is certainly Davis’ unfaltering passion for music. This passion underscores every observation he makes. He isn’t telling the story of jazz, or of black culture, or of racism in the United States. He is telling the story of himself, and primarily of himself as a trumpet player. All other topics of interest flow from his image of himself as a jazz musician and perhaps the greatest, most innovative trumpet player of all time. Undoubtedly, Davis is a musical genius of the jazz realm, a unique talent like no other. In his personal life, however, in his life outside of musical creation, he is a spoiled child who almost always is able to do and say whatever he wants whenever he wants.
Davis emerges as a self-centered, immature man, an individual whose driving passion for his music prevents his development in other areas of life. This...
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