At 04:08 PM 8/9/97 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 13 lines I think I may have a solution of sorts here. Go out and buy Miles
>I think I may have a solution of sorts here. Go out and buy Miles
>Davis'
> autobiography. After you read it you will know all there is to know
> about the man, and all the scenes he was into. You can then xerox the
> relevant pages and reduce them to fit your CD package. If you wanted
>you
> could use colored paper, or gold leaf the edges; ) Just kidding, but
>the
> bio will blow you away and fill your head with the most wonderful
> account of the history of jazz from-St Louis onward, from the
>incredible
> lips of the insiders insider. No punches pulled, even at himself. Go
> read.
Watch out. If I remember correctly, he had a habit of giving wild stories
to the press as to what Jazz is to him and where it comes from. It was one
the greats that used to do this. I heard this in my Jazz History class
several years back, but after the first test, I didn't spend much time
learning.
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