Miles: The Autobiography
A Reflection
Infant to Jazz that I am, I thought the best way to introduce myself to Miles Davis should be through his autobiography. This examination of Miles: The Autobiography will assess my own interpretation of Mile Davis the man, the musician, the artist. It was easy to connect with Davis throughout, and with deep compassion and empathy, due to his emotional perspective prevalent in the writing. The book's considerations are in every case filtered through the personality of Miles Davis. Davis makes no intention of discussing subjects from a political, historical, musicological or sociological perspective. The author has only one perspective—emotional. In his emotional and passionate context, Davis makes clear that to him jazz is a unique and priceless expression of black culture. For the most part, Davis' views on music, politics, and religion are expressed not in the abstract, not as parts of some well-defined philosophy of life, but rather......
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