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003    OCoLC
005    20141211195859.0
008    060818s2006    cauaf         001 0beng  
010      2006027501
020    0879308753 (alk. paper)
020    9780879308759
035    (Sirsi) o71164683
035    (OCoLC)71164683
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050 00 ML419.D39 |bD38 2006
082 00 788.9/2165092B |222
084    24.65 |2bcl
100 1  Davis, Gregory. |=^A421838
245 10 Dark magus : |bthe Jekyll and Hyde life of Miles Davis / |cas narrated by his son Gregory Davis, with Les Sussman.
260    San Francisco, CA : |bBackbeat Books ;Berkeley, CA : |bDistributed to the book trade in the US and Canada by Publishers Group West, |c©2006.
300    xv, 176 pages, 16 pages of plates : |billustrations (some color) ; |c24 cm
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
500    Includes index.
505 0  Old folks -- The birth of the cool -- The legendary big bop band -- Chasin' the Bird -- Confirmation -- If they asked me I could write a book -- Miles in the sky -- The man with the horn -- Milestones -- Quiet nights -- Kind of blue -- Miles ahead -- We want Miles -- So what! -- Bitches brew -- A tribute to Jack Johnson -- Miles, Miles, Miles -- Someday my prince will come -- Seven steps to heaven -- It ain't necessarily so.
520    This book is a warts-and-all look at the real Miles Davis. As told by his son, this book strips away the public perception of Davis--often based on books written without such intimate access to the man--and gets down to the realities of his personality, his relationships, and his many quirks. The book details this enigmatic superstar's Jekyll-and-Hyde behavior: his swings between sobriety and prodigious drug use; his tender family moments and his destructive selfishness; his search for marital stability and his obsession with young women; his exalted musical talent and his ever-present personal demons. The author also delves into Davis's relationships with artists such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and John Coltrane, as well as his role as a mentor to young musicians, his obsession with sports, the ups and downs of his career, and the family's turmoil over his final will.
600 10 Davis, Miles. |=^A56278
650  0 Jazz musicians |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A413048
650  0 African American jazz musicians |vBiography. |=^A512243
650  0 Trumpet players |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A303536
700 1  Sussman, Les, |d1944- |=^A12273
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