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jeremyjsnow's review
3.0
I decent read. Gave me a unique perspective on Miles' later work since Kind of Blue. Can't say I'm a fan of it now, but I do appreciate it more than I did.
tallblackguy's review
3.0
This reads like hero worship, a recollection, and, near the end, a polemic about the direction of jazz. At first, I was put off my the tone of the writing. With quotes around slang and an overly deferential tone, I thought that he'd written this as a ode to those people who wanted Miles Davis 101. And this is NOT Miles 101.
As the book went on, though, and the writer got comfy, it turned out to be an okay summation of the writer's reklation ship with Miles, his experience with working on the Miles autobiography, and some jazz reviews thrown in with a sheen of hero worship. I was okay with all of that, especially as both the writer and Miles feels the same way I do about Wynton Marsalis.
All in all, a decent read.
As the book went on, though, and the writer got comfy, it turned out to be an okay summation of the writer's reklation ship with Miles, his experience with working on the Miles autobiography, and some jazz reviews thrown in with a sheen of hero worship. I was okay with all of that, especially as both the writer and Miles feels the same way I do about Wynton Marsalis.
All in all, a decent read.
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