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Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever
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Author
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Farah Jasmine Griffin & Salim Washington.
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Publisher
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Thomas Dunne
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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8.5
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5.75
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ISBN
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9780312327859
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Pages/Publication Date
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294/2008
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Daedalus Item Code
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20592
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Description
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When the renowned trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis chose the members of his quintet in 1955, he passed over well-known, respected saxophonists like Sonny Rollins to pick out the young, still untested John Coltrane. What might have seemed like a minor decision at the time would instead set the course for their careers and for jazz itself. Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington focus on Davis and Coltrane's musical interaction and its historical context, on the ways they influenced each other and the tremendous impact they've had on American music. The book chronicles the drama of their collaboration, from their initial partnership to the interlude of their breakup—during which each man made tremendous progress toward his personal artistic goals—and the last leg of their journey together, with the Miles Davis Group featuring John Coltrane. The authors also examine the profound implications that the Davis/Coltrane collaboration would have for jazz and for African American culture and identity. "Griffin and Washington explore the lives of two of the geniuses of twentieth-century music and follow them as their paths crossed to form what Amiri Baraka once called the 'all-time classical hydrogen bomb and switchblade band.' Though neither Miles Davis nor John Coltrane were wont to elaborate on their work in words, their lives and their music nonetheless still speak to us. This lucid and graceful book situates these two men in their times, listens closely to what they played, and the result is a social and musical history that is rich and always illuminating."—John Szwed
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