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Miles The Autobiography

Miles Davis

In discussing his legendary forty-year career, Davis discusses music's "cool" era and fusion movement and offers candid views on fellow musicians, promoters, producers, critics, and his personal life

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Monday Morning Podcast

Bill mentioned reading Miles Davis's autobiography, where he discussed the headhunters album and blamed the record label for its poor promotion.

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I read his autobiography

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 6-19-17

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 6-19-17

Bill mentioned reading Miles Davis's autobiography, where he discussed the headhunters album and blamed the record label for its poor promotion.

"

I read his autobiography

Which he talks about in his book how when Herbie Hancock came out with Chameleon, like that's what he was trying to do that Headhunters album

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 5-2-19

It was mentioned in passing that Bill Burr had read Miles Davis's autobiography and that he disliked Cap Calloway after reading about him in the book.

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I used to like him and one time I read Miles Davis's autobiography and he trashed Cap Calloway saying that when uh, he ratted somebody out for fucking having drugs on him, you know, which was basically the jazz musician version of those fucking assholes who ratted out actors for being potentially members of the communist party in the 50s to Joe McCarthy.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 6-19-17

Bill mentioned reading it and that it talked about how Herbie Hancock's album 'Chameleon' was inspired by what Davis was trying to do with his music.

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I read his autobiography. I got like fucking, I mean I had all his shit on like cassette tapes.

Which he talks about in his book how when Herbie Hancock came out with 'Chameleon', like that's what he was trying to do, that Headhunters album

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