Miles. La autobiografía
Por Quincy Troupe y Miles Davis
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Miles Davis ha sido uno de los músicos más importantes e influyentes del mundo. Su extraordinaria vida ha sido objeto de numerosas biografías. Sin embargo, no fue hasta 1989, dos años antes de su muerte, cuando publicó su autobiografía. En ella Miles se desnuda ante el lector y habla con toda crudeza de su vida personal, de su adicción a las drogas, del alcohol, de su relación con las mujeres, del racismo que existía en el negocio de la música y, sobretodo, de música y de músicos, de su relación personal con leyendas del jazz como Charlie Parker o Dizzy Gillespie, entre otros. Además de un documento histórico de incalculable valor es una narración apasionante e intensa.
Quincy Troupe
Quincy Troupe es poeta, periodista y profesor. En 1980 obtuvo el American Book Award de poesía. Ejerce de profesor en Staten Island (Nueva York) y en Columbia University. En 1990 él y Miles Davis fueron galardonados con el American Book Award por <em>Miles. La autobiografía</em>.
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- Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas4/5Warning: lots of the F-word in here. Not for the faint of heart in that realm. Raw but real. A great in road into his music if you listen to the albums as he discusses them while telling his story.
- Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas3/5The amazing part of this book is how much it becomes an autobiography and history of jazz from the mid-1940s and forward. It seems that Miles Davis knew and played with nearly every major jazz figure at some point in his illustrious career. And he helped propel careers of many of those figures.
Yet this remains a somewhat disappointing book. At first, the vulgar language is off-putting, thought eventually the reader becomes inured to it. The co-author, Quincy Troup, tries to justify its includsion by arguing that Davis speaks a tonal language, so that many of the curse words carry multiple meanings, depending on context, and that to exclude them would have meant that Davis' voice wouldn't really have been present in the book. To me, it just shows how much less articulate Davis is with words than he is with his horn.
The main thing that comes out of this book is Davis' overweening ego. To be sure, he made so much great music, and was such a legendary figure in jazz that he should be entitled to a certain amount of ego. Yet never is he contrite when discussing his actions that were harmful, such as the times he hit his wives or girlfriends. He comes closer to it when discussing his drug usage. He is honest about that, at least.
The best part of the book comes from discussions of his studion sessions, and the making of certain recordings, and some of the stories with the musicians. Noticing how his approach to his music changes over time, and yet his insistence that every member of the band conform to his desires as to how the music should sound doesn't change is easily the most fascinating part of his story. - Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas5/5remembered i read this years ago on a recommendation from my cousin louis, recalling that louis and i share a favorite scene of bird and miles on the way to a show, riding in a limo with fried chicken and a prostitute. it's all about miles' voice though, hilariously curious about his life and these episodes; sometimes bewildered, and yet asking: what else did you expect?
- Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas4/5Your reactions to Miles will be as complicated and contradictory as this brilliant man, who was as obnoxious as he was awe-inspiring. I read this back to back with Thelonious Monk bio by Kelley and the combo left me infused with NYC jazz history.Certainly, no one could ever accuse Miles of mincing words or sparing feelings!
- Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas5/5Man what a wild ride. It was an amazing read, and as Miles would say, "this book is a motherfucker." I loved reading about the New York jazz scene in the 40's and 50's. There are so many fascinating stories about all the legendary musicians. Also really loved hearing about Miles creative process and background for some of my favorite albums of all time. You also get to hear Miles' no nonsense takes on things like racism, drug use, music, leading a band, playing trumpet, etc, all in Miles' distinctly authentic voice. Anybody who is a fan of music (especially jazz) should read this one.
- Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas5/5Miles is amazingly good and badI just finished Miles Davis’s autobiography, Miles: The Autobiography. In all that he was, Miles was amazing. An amazing musical mind, amazing in his drug addictions, amazingly selfish, amazingly genius, amazingly stylish, amazingly angry, and amazingly racist, are all aspects of Miles. The book was a blast to read because it was written in Miles’ conversational tone. Think of Richard Pryor reading Lewis Carroll, “That Cheshire Cat was grinning like a mutherf*@%er!” This is part what makes Miles seem so real, as well as so much fun to read. You never know what he will say next or about whom. Miles is a seer. He sees people’s love, their creativity, their talent, their faults, and their shortcomings. This is true for everyone in Miles’ life except for Miles himself. There is no doubt that Miles loved so many folks in his life, his parents, Dizzy, Train, and of course Bird, as well as many of the women in his life. But Miles had no use for many in his world, and no respect for them. He pimped some of the women in his life; and Miles never had a problem wasn't either directly or indirectly caused by white people. It is not surprising that a young black man in East St. Louis, coming of age in the 1940’s, experienced prejudice and racism. However, over the course of his life, Miles seemed more and more focused on the evils of white people, and less and less tolerant. As I read about Miles’ experiences of the 1970’s and ‘80’s, I heard Miles sound more and more like the older generation in my small Tennessee hometown. Change the word black to white, and Miles spewed hatred just like the old men found each morning on the courthouse square. This is what makes Miles amazingly sad. For a man of such light, love, and creativity to not see that hate is hate makes Miles one of the saddest artist of the 20th century. Miles allows those who influenced his youth win, by turning into the very same type of person. Thankfully, we have the music Miles created, before the drugs, anger and hatred turned out the light.
- Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas5/5A brash, opinionated, and entertaining autobiography. Miles Davis tells about his rise from playing trumpet in East St. Louis to the pinnacle of the music world. He tells about the many players he worked with, both those who influenced him and those he influenced. He talks about his women, his drug use. And that’s what the book reads like – as if Miles was talking to you, in his true voice. It has the distinction of using the word motherf*cker probably about once a page on average, and with a variety of meanings.Miles liked sharp clothes (custom made), cars (Ferrari, Lamborghini), and women (various, beautiful). He was appalled when Duke Ellington tried to recruit him for his orchestra and received Miles in his office in the Brill Building while wearing shorts. He tells of his deep admiration of and exasperation with the heroin addicted Charlie Parker: “Among the masters he was the master.”Miles on dealing with people you don’t want around. “You just tell them to get the fuck out of your face. That’s it. Anything else is a waste of time.”Known for his musical innovation and his ever-evolving playing styles, Miles had no use for jazz musicians “playing all those same old licks we used to play so long ago. I feel sad for them. I mean, it’s like going to bed with a real old person who even smells real old.”Miles main hatred was racism and the exploitation of black musicians by white people. His description of attending an award ceremony in Washington, D.C. is both illuminating and wildly funny.