(Book). DownBeat magazine (est. 1939), the bible of "jazz, blues, and beyond," proudly launches the first book in its DownBeat Hall of Fame Series. DownBeat has documented Miles Davis's career like no other journal in the world. From Davis's first DownBeat interview in 1950 to his death in 1991, the[...]

The ultimate resource for studying the work of Miles Davis. For Bb instruments.

The Miles Davis Omnibook contains 50 note-for-note transcriptions of his recorded solos for: Airegin ? All Blues ? All of You ? Au Privave ? Bags' Groove ? Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce) ? Blue Haze ? Budo ? But [...]

(Real Book Multi-Tracks Play-Along). Today's best way to practice jazz Accurate, easy-to-read lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. The interactive, online audio interface includes: tempo control; looping; buttons to turn each instrument on or off; le[...]

This exhaustively researched, revised edition of Ian Carr's classic biography throws new light on Davis' life and career: from the early days in New York with Charlie Parker; to the Birth of Cool; through his drug addiction in the early 1950s and the years of extraordinary achievements (1954-1960), [...]

Jazz, from its origins until World War II, was America's hot new music of the 20th century, and this music spread like wildfire to Europe and beyond. Shortly after the war ended a calming influence manifested itself in jazz and a new genre emerged with its own soundscape and quickly rose to worldwid[...]

If you ever needed proof that a magazine can have a love affair with a musician, you re holding it in your hands. For DownBeat, the preeminent publication of the jazz world, Miles Dewey Davis was one of its most cherished subjects. Since it began covering the jazz scene in 1939, no other artist has [...]

Trumpetisti-säveltäjä Miles Davisin (1926-1991) omalaatuiset sävellykset ja versiot jazzin standardeista ovat edelleen tunnustettuja merkkiteoksia. Ian Carrin mukaansatempaava, nidottuna uutena painoksena ilmestyvä elämäkerta valottaa jazzjätin arvoituksellista neroutta. Miles Davis oli käv[...]