Former band members like Don Alias, Pete Cosey, Dave Holland, Michael Henderson, Dave Liebman and Mike Zwerin.Producers including, Teo Macero, Tommy LiPuma, Zane Giles, Randy Hall and George Butler.Session musicians including, Barry Finnerty, Paulinho DaCosta, Jean-Paul Bourelly and Michal Urbaniak.Musical associates such as Palle Mikkelborg, George Duke, Paul Buckmaster, Branford Marsalis, Paolo Rustichelli, Chaka Khan, Steve Porcaro, David Sanborn, Wallace Roney and Easy Mo Bee.Every bassist, guitarist and keyboard player is interviewed. 1980s band members – 31 out of the 36 band members Miles had in the final decade including Marcus Miller, Darryl Jones, Robben Ford, Bob Berg, Mike Stern, Robert Irving III, Hiram Bullock, John Scofield, Foley, Ricky Wellman, Mino Cinelu, Adam Holzman, Bobby Broom, John Beasley, Vince Wilburn Jr.Miles’s only daughter Cheryl also talks about her father. There are also interviews with members from Miles’s earlier bands. The Last Miles contains interviews with almost 100 people including, band members, session musicians, producers, engineers, management and road crew. has been voted one of the Top 5 Miles Davis websites by The London Times newspaper.Ĭlick here to see what people have been saying about The Last Miles My book and website aim to show how even in his final years, Miles was still exploring, still changing and still pushing at the edges of jazz. The Last Miles is the first book to focus exclusively on the final decade of Miles’s life and music, a period that has all too often been dismissed by critics and fans of Miles’s earlier musical periods. New CD: Miles Davis Original Album SeriesĪ good budget-priced collection of Miles’ Warner Bros.The second in a series looks at Miles’ search for a guitarist in early 1987Ī review of an excellent concert from Miles’ final tour of the country he loved Miles Memorable Moments: Hammersmith Odeon, London, 21st April 1982Ī review of Miles’s April 1982 London gig.

Producer, engineer and mixing specialist Bill Schnee talks about his distinguished career and what it was like working on Miles’s albumsĪn introduction to Miles’ 1983 album Star PeopleĪn introduction to Miles’ 1984 album Decoy If you want to read some of The Last Miles online, you can see excerpts at Google Books What’s New October 2021

The paperback is essentially the same as the hardback version in terms of content, but in a number of places, I have been able to update or add new information. The Last Miles UK paperback ISBN is 9781845531225 The Last Miles USA paperback ISBN is 978-0472032600 The Last Miles is available in paperback in the USA and the UK!

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