num_pages: 240
description: Miles Davis and American Culture examines Davis in cultural context. In this new collection of a dozen essays, William Kenney explores the St. Louis jazz scene of Davis's youth; Eugene B. Redmond looks at East St. Louis's cultural history; Ingrid Monson examines Davis and civil rights; and Waldo Martin discusses Davis and his relation to the black avant-garde of the 1960s.Original interviews and classic photographs round out the volume, published to coincide with the 2001 Miles Davis Festival, celebrating what would have been Davis's seventy-fifth birthday.
language: English
title: Miles Davis and American Culture
titlecomplete: Miles Davis and American Culture (Volume 1)
genres: Music, Jazz
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press