| Contents |
November 26, 1957, "Self, portrait by Miles Davis" / interviewer George Avakian -- December 1958, "An afternoon with Miles Davis" / interviewer Nat Hentoff -- August 1964, "Miles Davis : winner take all" / interviewer Lionel Olay -- January 22, 1968, "I don't have to hold the audience's hand" / interviewer Arthur Taylor -- May 1969, "The Miles Davis : a semi-affectionate reminiscence" / interviewer John Palcewski -- 1969, "Talking to Les Tompkins" / interviewer Les Tompkins -- March 23, 1970, "Miles of music" / interviewer Hubert Saal -- May 26, 1970, "A national treasure" / by Al Aronowitz -- September 1970, "Faded blue flowers" / by Al Aronowitz -- November 27, 1971, "The unmasking of Miles Davis" / interviewer Chris Albertson -- 1972, "Miles" / interviewer Leonard Feather -- March 21, 1973, "My ego only needs a good rhythm section" / interviewer Stephen Davis -- 1975, "Interview at Northern Illinois University" / interviewer Jimmy Saunders -- Late 1976/early 1977, "At the movies with Miles" / by Mary Bringle (April 2007) -- Late 1970s, "Hangin' out with Daffy Davis" / by Eric Nisenson -- August 3, 1980, "Miles Davis's house-telephone interview, N.Y.C." / interviewer Kishur Manwar -- June 28, 1981, "I just pick up my horn and play" / interviewer George Goodman Jr. -- March 1982, "The man with the horn" / interviewer Cheryl McCall -- Circa mid-1980s, Excerpts from "Three anonymous interviews" / interviewers unknown -- September 29, 1983, "Searching for Miles : theme and variations on the life of a trumpeter" / interviewer David Breskin -- January 1986, "Miles Davis" / interviewer Ben Sidran -- May 1986, "Lightening up with the Prince of Darkness" / interviewer Nick Kent -- October 1987, "Miles Davis : the Picasso of invisible art" / interviewer Robert L. Doerschuk -- December 20, 1987, Excerpts from VH1's video hits 1 : New visions disk jockey show, guest DJs Miles Davis, David Sanborn, and Joe "Foley" McCreary -- May 1989, "Miles Davis : rebel without a pause" / interviewer Peter Watrous -- April 9, 1998, "The prince of silence" / interviewer Mike Zwerin -- July 23, 1998, "Miles the painter : colorful flowing lines" / interviewer Mike Zwerin -- August 5, 1998, "Miles the movie star-Dingo" / interviewer Mike Zwerin. |
| Abstract |
Gathering 30 most vital Miles Davis interviews--on his music, his life, and his philosophy--this collection reveals the jazz icon as a complex and contradictory man, secretive at times but extraordinarily revealing at others. Miles was not only a musical genius, but an enigma, and nowhere else was he so compelling, exasperating, and entertaining as he was in his interviews, which vary from polite to outrageous, from straight-ahead to contrarian. Many were conducted by leading journalists like Leonard Feather, Stephen Davis, Ben Sidran, Mike Zwerin, and Nat Hentoff; while others have never before been printed, and are newly transcribed from radio and television shows--making this the definitive source for anyone wanting to really encounter the legend in print. |
