Miles Davis and American Culture (Missouri Historical Society Press)
Book Details
PublisherMissouri History Museum Press
ISBN / ASIN1883982383
ISBN-139781883982386
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
Miles Davis and American Culture examines Davis in cultural context. In this new collection of a dozen essays, William Kenney explores the St. Louis jazz scene of Davis's youth; Eugene B. Redmond looks at East St. Louis's cultural history; Ingrid Monson examines Davis and civil rights; and Waldo Martin discusses Davis and his relation to the black avant-garde of the 1960s.Original interviews and classic photographs round out the volume, published to coincide with the 2001 Miles Davis Festival, celebrating what would have been Davis's seventy-fifth birthday.
