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From:
Ravis One
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Date:
Sun, 10 Aug 1997 18:25:30 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) Various subjects(Miles Davis)
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<3.0.1.32.19970810182530.006a6b8c@pop.mindspring.com>
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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. _ / \ /\ /__/ \ / \ \ / \AVIS \\\\ ravis1@mindspring.com http://www.mindspring.com/~ravis1/