Miles and Me

Miles' personality under a microscope, but not a very sensitive one. I learned something about the man, enough to make me glad I read the book. But the something learned is that Miles Davis was a human being, meaning there is more to him than his public persona as untouchable, or "bad mother...". Wh......more

Perfecto anexo a la autobiografía escrita por el mismo autor. Arroja algo más de información sobre la personalidad de Miles Davis, pero es ante todo un ensayo sobre cómo apareció en la vida del escritor Quincy Troupe antes de conocerle en persona y su posterior amistad; de cómo influyó en su vida y......more

Bro repeated himself so much. Few cool anecdotes. I can’t believe breigh fr won’t eat this cookie rn......more

Miles and Me, by Quincy Troupe is a biography about Miles Davis, a well-known jazz composer and trumpet player from the 1940’s to the 1970s. Miles Davis whether we know it or not, has greatly influenced and changed music through his playing. The book follows Quincy Troupe, a journalist who meets, be......more

For a poet, Troupe's writing suffers from a severe lack of poetry. The writing in this memoir/critical retrospective is, by and large, somewhere between sparse and clumsy. Troupe's language and constructions certainly lack the musicality, grace, and refinement of his subject matter. More importantly......more