Miles Davis - The Definitive Biography

The second revised edition of the biography of Miles Davis. Carr throws new
light on the life and career of Davis and makes public the facts of his death.
The controversy surrounding Davis is dealt with and interviews with Davis'
friends and associates are included.This revised edition of Ian Carr's biography of Miles Davis throws new
light on his life and career from the early days in New York, with Charlie
Parker, to his Birth of the Cool band, through his drug addiction in the early
1950s, and the years of extraordinary achievements during which he signed with
Columbia, and drew to his band such unequalled talents as John Coltrane, Bill
Evans, Wynton Kelly and Cannonball Adderly. Ian Carr illuminates Davis's genius
for growth and renewal during the 1960s and 1970s, with new interviews,
information and insights. Carr has produced a detailed description of Miles's
dark reclusive period, 1975-1980, with first-hand accounts of his descent
towards disintegration.