Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Miles Smiles?
2. Birth
3. Groove
4. Voice
5. Kind of Blue
6. "There Is No Justice"
7. Not Happening
8. The Second Quintet
9. The Album Miles Smiles, Side 1
10. The Album Miles Smiles, Side 2
Conclusion: Miles Does Smile

Notes
Bibliography
Discography
Index

Promotional Information

A glimpse at one of Davis's often overlooked yet vitally important creative periods

About the Author

Jeremy Yudkin is professor of music at the College of Fine Arts and associated faculty of the Department of African American Studies at Boston University and Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford University.

Reviews

"This book combines serious historical research with penetrating analysis of the music and a generous portion of musical examples... Jeremy Yudkin has made an excellent contribution to jazz literature." Larry Dwyer, Director of Jazz Studies, University of Notre Dame "...the author writes convincingly about the actual music, as well as its surrounding circumstances...this book should be widely welcomed and especially recommended to readers interested in the nuts and bolts of the music." -Brian Priestley, Jazzwise