Miles Davis at 100 – Part 2: Miles and Friends
In yesterday's post, I noted something striking about Miles Davis at nineteen: even while playing in Charlie Parker's quintet, alongside the most revered innovator in jazz, and while still absorbing the methods and challenge of bebop, Miles was already forging his own aesthetic in his own sound, his own relationship with silence, his own sense of where a melody wanted to go. The point warrants a second look because it illuminates something that would define Miles's entire career. Even in his apprenticeship, Miles treated Bird as a collaborator. Not as a superior. Read More
