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Round About Midnight: A Portrait Of Miles Davis

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Round About Midnight: A Portrait Of Miles Davis

Contributors:

By (Author) Eric Nisenson

ISBN:

9780306806841

Publisher:

Hachette Books

Imprint:

Da Capo Press Inc

Publication Date:

22nd March 1996

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Biography: arts and entertainment

Dewey:

788.921655092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

336

Dimensions:

Width 141mm, Height 216mm, Spine 20mm

Weight:

410g

Description

From 1975 to 1981 the jazz giant Miles Davis temporarily retired from music. Almost completely reclusive, nobody outside of a very close circle knew what was happening to him. Only one jazz writer was able to get close to him during this time: Eric Nisenson. From 1978 to 1981 Nisenson conducted dozens of interviews with Miles Davis and his associates. The result was 'Round About Midnight, an engaging firsthand account of Miles's fascinating and difficult career. From his recordings with Charlie Parker and the birth of the cool nonet, through the Coltrane quintet, the Gil Evansarranged masterpieces of the sixties, the landmark Kind of Blue album, the Shorter/Hancock/ Carter/Williams group, and the success of Miles's fusion recordings of the seventies, Miles's personalitycontemplative, abruptly defiant, strong, elegantmeshed with his art to form one of the most compelling legends in the history of American music. Whole actively disdaining his audience, he sought to broaden it by incorporating elements of other musicsclassical, flamenco, rock, funkinto his uncompromising jazz. This contradictory combination of contempt and a desire for recognition fueled controversy in both his public and private lives, and resulted in Miless lengthy self-imposed isolation. Nisenson broke through that isolation, and his biographical portrait is vivid and telling This updated edition features a new preface, new material covering Miles in the eighties, and a new recommended listening section.

Author Bio

Eric Nisenson is the author of several jazz books, including The Making of Kind of Blue. He lives in Malden, Massachusetts.

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