[2007-10-17] Miles Davis "Miles Smiles, And The Invention Of Post Bop" paperback book by Jeremy Yudkin

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:55 pm

Review
"...Yudkin's style of writing will wrap any reader (even a musical novice) up completely in his flow. I assume (though I don't know) that he (Jeremy) wrote this while listening to the albums he wrote about, or that he had listened so extensively that the patterns were sort of "burned" into his brain - for my read, I watched the video of "All Blue" and "Footprints" (one of my favorite all-time tracks) as I read Professor Yudkin's blow-by-blow of each tune he was describing. His overall focus was that "Miles Smiles" was an album often overlooked as "classic Davis" - he succeeded in convincing me! This is an excellent account of the often turbulent life of a player that inhabited those cosmic realms that all jazz musicians aspire to, & I give it our MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, particularly for those who want to catch a glimmer of how tunes are structured and (at times) improvised... the musical diagrams that are included really help the reader to understand each track, especially when they are listening to the tune being described." --Improvijazzation Nation, Issue # 81, Rotcod Zzaj

"...Offers some helpful transcriptions and interesting observations on the Davis recordings...an intriguing argument..." --J.B. Spins, March 05, 2008

Product Description
Focusing on one of the legendary trumpet players in jazz, Jeremy Yudkin's book examines Miles Davis's often overlooked music of the mid-1960s with a behind-the-scenes study of the evolution of a new, post bop style. It spotlights Davis during an extraordinarily creative period when the artist struggled with personal and musical reinvention and emerged the leader of a new wave in contemporary music.

A major force in post-war American jazz, Miles Davis pioneered as a leader of cool jazz, hard bop, and modal jazz in a variety of small group formats. By the late 1960s, Davis led the musical revolution known as fusion-the merging of jazz and rock styles. The formation of the Second Quintet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams was vital to the invention of the new post bop style. Yudkin illustrates and precisely defines this style with an analysis of the 1966 classic Miles Smiles.

About The Author
Jeremy Yudkin is Associate Professor of Music and Associated Faculty at the Department of African American Studies at Boston University and Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford University. He is the author of several books, including De Musica Mensurata, Music in Medieval Europe, Understanding Music, and Discover Music. He lives in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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[2007-10-17] Miles Davis "Miles Smiles, And The Invention Of Post Bop" paperback book by Jeremy Yudkin

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