Description |
223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
Note |
Musee de la Musique, Paris, Oct. 16-2009 to Jan. 17, 2010, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, April 30 to Aug. 29, 2010. |
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Statement of responsibility from p. [4] of cover. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
The archetypal jazzman, Miles Davis was considered the twentieth-century incarnation of cool, both in his attitude and in his playing. He established himself as one of the greatest innovators in jazz, a genre he never stopped confronting and departmentalizing through various aesthetic revolutions. |
Contents |
1926-1948. From St. Louis to Fifty-Second Street in search of Bird -- 1948-1955. Out of the cool invention and self-loathing -- 1955-1959. Miles ahead in the studio for Columbia -- 1960-1967. Miles smiles controlled freedom -- 1968-1971. Electric Miles rock distortion -- 1971-1979. On the corner funk beat -- 1980-1991. Star people global icon. |
Subject |
Davis, Miles -- Exhibitions.
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Davis, Miles -- Criticism and interpretation -- Exhibitions.
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Davis, Miles -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions.
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Exhibitions.
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions.
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Jazz -- History and criticism -- Pictorial works.
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Jazz-rock (Music) -- History and criticism -- Pictorial works.
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Trumpet players -- United States -- Pictorial works.
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Exhibitions.
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Added Author |
Bessières, Vincent.
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Bergerot, Franck, 1953-
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Cité de la musique (Paris, France)
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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
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ISBN |
9780847835287 hardback |
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0847835286 hardback |
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