This revised edition of Ian Carr's biography of Miles Davis throws new light on his life and career from the early days in New York, with Charlie Parker, to his Birth of the Cool band, through his drug addiction in the early 1950s, and the years of extraordinary achievements during which he signed with Columbia, and drew to his band such unequalled talents as John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly and Cannonball Adderly. Ian Carr illuminates Davis's genius for growth and renewal during the 1960s and 1970s, with new interviews, information and insights. Carr has produced a detailed description of Miles's dark reclusive period, 1975-1980, with first-hand accounts of his descent towards disintegration.

Miles Davis the Definitive Biography

CARR, Ian

PRIESTLEY, Brian

Fairweather, Digby

Biographies & Memoirs

HarperCollins, UK

Identifies and offers brief profiles of more than a thousand jazz singers, songwriters, and musicians and includes entries about record labels, and types of jazz

Jazz: The Essential Companion

Arts & Photography

Music

Simon&Schuster

Jazz: The essential companion

Jazz: the Essential Companion

Reference

HarperCollins, Publishers

"Thoroughly entertaining and yet thoughtful - a fascinating look at the last 30-odd years of a big slice of the British jazz scene." - Musician (magazine)

Notes from a Jazz Life

Northway Pubns

This book tells the story of a remarkable jazz trumpeter. It recounts the wonderful years with the bands of Billy Cotton, Roy Fox, and Lew Stone, the creation of Nat's famous Georgians and his appearances with Gracie Fields, Max Miller and Fats Waller. A moving insight into the ups and downs of a man's life and his star qualities and resilient personality, this is also the story of a highly innovative British musician whose career spanned four decades of the twentieth century. 'a book surely destined for the bookshelf of every jazz and dance band enthusiast.' - Portsmouth Journal 'For a Cockney brought up in an orphanage, Nat Gonella had a remarkable feeling for American jazz, a quality that lifted him from the ranks of thirties dance band players - a fascinating book'. - the Sunday Express.

Nat Gonella: A Life in Jazz

BROWN, RON

Arts & Literature

PARKWEST PUBLICATIONS

Northway Publications

Offers 16,000 critical biographies of jazz musicians and album reviews

Jazz: The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums (Rough Guide)

Priestly, Brian

Rough Guides

This completely updated and expanded edition of The Rough Guide to Jazz is the essential one-volume guide to the music. Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather and Brian Priestley are practising musicians and renowned jazz authorities and they bring their insiders' knowledge to a guide that features more than 2000 critical biographies, covering the spectrum from the legendary cornettist Buddy Bolden to young contemporaries like James Carter and Stacey Kent; reviews of more than 3000 albums, on both CD and vinyl, selecting the top recordings for every key artist; and classic photos from the best jazz photographers including Herman Leonard, Jak Kilby, Raffaella Cavalieri, William Gottlieb and David Redfern.

The Rough Guide to Jazz 2 (Rough Guide Music Guides)

This title gives expert guidance on how to build a representative collection of jazz's finest music. It contains detailed reviews of 100 recordings, from King Oliver to Keith Jarrett, covering the acknowledged classics and others that deserve to be.

The Rough Guide to Jazz: 100 Essential CDs

In this compelling and moving account of the marvelous George Melly’s last five years on- and off-stage, the eminent jazz trumpeter Digby Fairweather captures Melly as never before. He vividly recalls the many gigs, recording and drinking sessions, the performances, the characters they me,t and the unexpected and unscripted encounters, as well as their conversations and friendship. Anyone who has seen George Melly on stage will know how outrageous and captivating he can be. But there is another side to him: his erudition, his fame as an expert on Surrealism, his passion for angling, his sexual appetite, and more. Even in his last year, although very ill and growing ever more deaf, Melly’s sense of fun and his love of music kept him singing to the end.

On the Road with George Melly: The Final Bows of a Legend

JR Books

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Miles Davis the Definitive Biography

Jazz: The Essential Companion

Jazz: the Essential Companion

Notes from a Jazz Life

Nat Gonella: A Life in Jazz

Notes from a Jazz Life

Jazz: The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums (Rough Guide)

The Rough Guide to Jazz 2 (Rough Guide Music Guides)

The Rough Guide to Jazz: 100 Essential CDs

On the Road with George Melly: The Final Bows of a Legend