- Taschenbuch: 373 Seiten
- Verlag: Atlantic Books (10. November 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 184354332X
- ISBN-13: 978-1843543329
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,3 x 15,5 x 2,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 395.938 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Richard Cook's It's About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off Record is not a conventional biography. Instead, it evaluates, in the order in which they were made, all the trumpeter's recordings (official and unauthorized), and relates them to events in Miles's life, as well as the wider currents in music. For Cook, fourteen albums in particular are key to understanding Davis's evolution. Each of these is considered in detail, in particular their contribution to Davis's development as instrumentalist, group leader and composer. Cooks also reassesses the contributions of his fellow musicians, which have all too often been ignored or underplayed. It's About That Time is a comprehensive and rigorous guide to the music and times of Miles Davis that burns away the fog of myth that surrounds its complex and contrary subject. It is an essential companion for anyone wanting to understand the trumpeter's musical odyssey over four exhilarating decades.
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Richard Cook's It's About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off Record is not a conventional biography. Instead, it evaluates, in the order in which they were made, all the trumpeter's recordings (official and unauthorized), and relates them to events in Miles's life, as well as the wider currents in music. For Cook, fourteen albums in particular are key to understanding Davis's evolution. Each of these is considered in detail, in particular their contribution to Davis's development as instrumentalist, group leader and composer. Cooks also reassesses the contributions of his fellow musicians, which have all too often been ignored or underplayed. It's About That Time is a comprehensive and rigorous guide to the music and times of Miles Davis that burns away the fog of myth that surrounds its complex and contrary subject. It is an essential companion for anyone wanting to understand the trumpeter's musical odyssey over four exhilarating decades.
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10 von 11 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
one of the best miles davis books available
28. Februar 2007
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There are many books written about Miles Davis. Several of them are excellent (Ian Carr's, the auto-biography, etc). This book by Richard Cook ranks with the best.
This book's focus is the music. Although Cook uses some definitive Davis recordings as a device to divide chapters and time periods in his career, the author does not limit his analysis strictly to those recordings. The end of each chapter includes several other recordings from the period, including some European imports and common bootlegs.
As co-author of the Penguin Jazz Guide and his own encyclopedia of jazz, Richard Cook knows his jazz, his recordings, and his Miles Davis. His analysis is interesting and enlightening.
I highly recommend this book.
p.s. Don't miss the excellent professional reviews listed above.
This book's focus is the music. Although Cook uses some definitive Davis recordings as a device to divide chapters and time periods in his career, the author does not limit his analysis strictly to those recordings. The end of each chapter includes several other recordings from the period, including some European imports and common bootlegs.
As co-author of the Penguin Jazz Guide and his own encyclopedia of jazz, Richard Cook knows his jazz, his recordings, and his Miles Davis. His analysis is interesting and enlightening.
I highly recommend this book.
p.s. Don't miss the excellent professional reviews listed above.
8 von 12 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Who is this for?
27. April 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
OK, the scholarship is impeccable, but who is this for? If you don't know the music, the descriptions of the bands and the albums don't do much for you. On the other hand, if you're such a Miles fan that you have all this stuff, why do you need Richard Cook telling you what you're hearing? You've probably read the liner notes to the CD's or boxes, and it doesn't seem to me that there is much that he adds. This seems to be mostly an expansion on Cook's writing on Miles's music in the Penguin Guide, and if you want to know his opinion as to which CD's to buy, I'd take a look at that instead. As good as this is, I'm not sure why you'd buy it.
Good overview of recording career
4. Juli 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
The book discusses the recordings and related events and associates in Miles Davis' life, taking 14 albums considered by the author to be of particular importance and making each of these the focal points of the book's chapters. All other albums are discussed within the chronolgically aranged chapters, making the book a good overview of the Davis discograpy.
There is also an accessibly arranged discography of official live and studio recordings spanning the years 1945-1991.
My only gripe is that the printing of the photographs (i.e. in the first edition) is rather poor quality, with some detail in the darker areas appearing as solid black. Hopefully later editions will improve this.
There is also an accessibly arranged discography of official live and studio recordings spanning the years 1945-1991.
My only gripe is that the printing of the photographs (i.e. in the first edition) is rather poor quality, with some detail in the darker areas appearing as solid black. Hopefully later editions will improve this.
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