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Vanechka's avatar

Fascinating. Many famous great musicians have interesting stories and, sadly, die too early. I had listened to his few recordings before reading this but the story nudged me to dive deeper. Thanks, Tom!

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Michael Greenberg's avatar

I worked in a record shop in downtown Brooklyn in the 1960's. We sold a lot of jazz. If you've listened to Miles Davis and never really "gotten it", it's probably because you listened to his later releases after he switched from the Prestige label to the Columbia label. Miles Davis was true to himself when he recorded for Prestige. Not so when he went over to Columbia.

Want to hear the real Miles Davis? Listen to this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36wafFjFdYs

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