92022

    Miles and Me Miles Davis, the Man, the Musician, and His Friendship with the Journalist and Poet Quincy Troupe

    Seven Stories Press

    Poet, activist and journalist Quincy Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an engrossing chronicle of the author's own artistic and personal growth. Describing in intimate detail the sometimes harrowing processes of Davis's spectacular creativity and the joys and travails Davis's passionate and contradictory temperament posed to the two men's friendship. Miles and Me shows how Miles Davis, both as an artist and as a black man, influenced Troupe and whole generations of Americans while forever changing the face of jazz.

    People also bought

    Dancehall BookThe Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall CultureSoul Jazz Books
    New edition of the definitive cultural reference book for Jamaican dancehall and features hundreds of killer photographs, extensive text and interviews...
      • Book (1.8kg) SJR540£40.00 £35.00
        In stockAdd to Bag
      Lord EchoRarities 2010-2020: Japanese Tour SinglesSoundway
      While we patiently await new music, we can revel in versions that escaped the typical overthinking that occurs during the album process, instead reflecting...
        MonguitoEl Unico (1982)Toboga
          • Original LP ML-5244£20.00
            Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Colombian vinyl
          Bixiga 70VaporGlitterbeat
          Sao Paulo's Afro-Brazilian groove visionaries Bixiga 70 return with an ecstatic 5th album -Vapor- their first in four years. The sound is joyful, a series...
            Quinteto VioladoPilogamia Do BaiãoPhilips
            Superb North-east roots Brazilian music. Class!
              • Original LP 6349 411£30.00
                Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGPre-Owned Brazilian vinyl. Die Cut sleeve (has a tear in corner of diecut)
              Dubkasm meets Ishmael Ensemble & Rider ShafiqueIn A Dub StyleSevern Songs / Sufferah’s Choice
              **SOTU UPFRONT EXCLUSIVE SHIPS EARLY NEXT WEEK!** Dubkasm and Ishmael Ensemble go head-to-head on this deep electronic roots release with some conscious,...
              • – New Era (Vocal Mix)
              • – New Era (Dub Mix)
              • – Reasons (Vocal Mix)
              • – Reasons (Dub Mix)
              Orquesta CelebreEn Firme Y En PresenteDiscos Icaro
                • Original LP HN 0047£40.00
                  Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Colombian vinyl
                Larry HeardAnother Night (inc. Moodymann edit)Alleviated
                Re-issue of two limited release tracks from Larry Heard's Love Arrival album sessions. Great edit by J.A.N. (aka Moodymann/KDJ) and the last missing piece...
                • – ANOTHER NIGHT RE-EDIT
                • – TIME MACHINE
                Henry & Louis Meet Blue & RedTime Will TellDubquake
                Embark on a journey in reggae music from Bristol UK to Kingston JA with ‘Time Will Tell’, a collaborative opus uniting Henry & Louis (Andy Scholes...
                • – Answer
                • – Serpent
                • – Blessed
                • – One Unity
                • – Jah Never Fail I
                • – Words Of The Wise
                • – Love & Understanding
                • – Rise Up
                • – Creation
                • – Little Way Different
                • – Murderation
                • – Do Anything
                • – Plastic World
                • – Chant Down Babylon
                Ja-Man AllstarsKing's DubStudio 16
                A must play loud Rockers Dub album from 1980 featuring The Ja-Man Allstars a.k.a. The Revolutionaries. Produced by Dudley 'Manzie' Swaby brother of Augustus...
                • – King's Dub
                • – Nuclear Bomb
                • – Poor Man Skank
                • – Censemania Dub
                • – Hotter Claps In Dub
                • – East Man Skank
                • – West Man Skank
                • – Higher Ranking Dub
                • – Hot Steppers Dub
                • – Downtown Rub-A-Dub
                Channel One SoundsystemDown In The Dub VaultsGreeensleeves
                Greensleeves Records the Legendary UK Label has teamed up with the 'Roots Defenders of Notting Hill Carnival', Channel One Sound System to head 'Down in...
                • – Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall - Wailing Souls
                • – Ghetto Rock - Reggae Regular
                • – Just Talking - Michael Prophet
                • – Trappers - TeTrack
                • – Black Star Liner - Reggae Regular
                • – Joker Smoker - Triston Palma
                • – Let Go This One - Anthony Johnson
                • – Can’t Pop No Style - Hugh Mundell
                • – One More Chance - Linval Thompson
                • – Bloody Eyes - Keith Hudson
                • – Kingdom Rise Kingdom Dub - Roots Radics
                • – Ghetto Dubbing - Reggae Regular
                • – Just Dubbing - Hi Times Band
                • – Trappers Dub - Sly & Robbie
                • – The Dub (It's Coming) - Reggae Regular
                • – Joker Smoker Dub - Dean Fraser & The Roots Radics
                • – Let Go This Dub - Roots Radics
                • – Can't Pop No Style Dubwise - Rockers All Stars
                • – One More Dub - The Revolutionaires
                • – My Eyes Are Red - Keith Hudson
                RippleRipple (1973)Soul Jazz Records
                Seminal rare groove funk and deep soul album originally released in 1973 on GRC Records now released 50 years later on Soul Jazz Records in this fully...
                • Ripple – You Were Right On Time
                • Ripple – Be My Friend
                • Ripple – I Dont Know What It Is But It Sure Us Funky
                • Ripple – I'll Be Right There Trying
                • Ripple – Get Off
                • Ripple – See The Light In The Window
                • Ripple – A Funky Song
                • Ripple – Willie, Pass The Water
                • Ripple – Dance Lady Dance
                • Ripple – Ripplin'
                Bag-O-WireBag-O-WireStudio 16
                Fantastic dub album originally released in 1975 on Klik records in the U.K. produced by Sidney Crooks of The Pioneers. Wicked dubbed out & stripped back...
                • – Rock Fort
                • – Gully
                • – Bag-O-Wire
                • – Resovoir
                • – Poison Ivy
                • – Judas
                • – Chapter
                • – Warrika Hill
                • – Dubonic
                • – Skankeboo
                • – Dragon Fly
                • – Creeper
                Galt MacDermotGhetto SuiteTidal Waves Music
                Reissue of this rare 1972 conceptual funk-soul-jazz album!
                  Lone RangerBadda Dan DemStudio One
                  Out of print for many, many years this is the seminal 1982 album by Lone Ranger for Studio One. 100% ESSENTIAL RELEASE! MONSTER Studio One LP from...
                  • – Dance A Fe Cork
                  • – My Number
                  • – World War One
                  • – Fish-Tea
                  • – Three Mile Skank
                  • – Three Mile Version (Single Mix)
                  • – Automatic
                  • – Badda Dan Dem
                  • – You Too Greedy
                  • – Can't Stand It
                  • – Plant Up A Vineyard
                  • – A Lie The Gal A Tell
                  Fusion Global Sounds Vol 2: 1976-1984Favorite Recordings
                  Stunning selection of jazz fusion obscure gems from Brazil, Philippines, Netherlands, Poland and US! Compiled by reliable collecctor and knowledge Charles...
                  • – Lerma dela Cruz - Free
                  • – Nivaldo Ornelas - Cactus
                  • – Krystyna Prońko - Oto Przyczyna
                  • – Bobby Martinez - Pendulum
                  • – Tom Grant - Mystified
                  • – Nivaldo Ornelas - Los Angeles
                  • – Carlos Mendes - Oamoréomar
                  • – Dana Kaproff - Brownstones
                  Larry Heard25 Years from AlphaAlleviated Records
                  Essential deep Chicago house music business from Larry Heard - classic from the 00s reissued!
                  • – 25 Years From Alpha
                  • – Feathers Floating
                  • – Mercurian Funk
                  Magic SourceRiviera Drive / Genius Of LoveFavorite Recordings
                  Wicked golden-era, NYC-style disco vibes with a KILLER, mid-tempo, cosmic version of the Tom Tom Club disco-not-disco classic, 'Genius of Love' in a tidy...
                  • – Riviera Drive (Extended Version)
                  • – Genius Of Love
                  Black BritainA Photographic HistorySaqi Books
                  People of African and Caribbean descent have inhabited Great Britain for centuries. Paul Gilroy, renowned for his work exploring the social and cultural...
                    Touch: The Sublime Sound Of Yuji OhnoWewantsounds
                    Wewantsounds release "TOUCH," a selection of sought-after tracks produced by Yuji Ohno, one of the most revered producers and arrangers on the Nippon music...
                    • – Nanako Sato - Subterraean Futari Botchi
                    • – You & The Explosion Band - Silhouette
                    • – Hatsumi Shibata - I Wish You Love
                    • – Yuji Ohno & Galaxy - Kirameku Inner Space
                    • – Ann Young & Yuji Ohno Trio - Speak Low
                    • – Ken Tanaki - Lilac-Gai no Aki
                    • – Mieko Hirota - I Want To Be Happy
                    • – Electric Keyboard Orchestra - The Soaring Seagull
                    • – Hatusmi Shibata - Mouchido Kikasete
                    • 1. – Nanako Sato - Subterraean Futari Botchi
                    • 2. – You & The Explosion Band - Silhouette
                    • 3. – Hatsumi Shibata - I Wish You Love
                    • View full info and tracklisting
                    Linton Kwesi JohnsonSelected Poems
                    Now including an afterword and new poems by the author and an introduction by Gary YoungePioneering poet Linton Kwesi Johnson has revolutionized English...
                      SunSunburnCapitol Records
                      SUPER FUNKY
                        • Original LP ST-11723£20.00
                          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl
                        Members Only HARDBACK BOOK(V.Ltd. 1st Edn. Individually numbered)
                        Deluxe hardback book - 432 pages! … every first edition book is individually numbered as a throwback to many of the original membership cards. Members...
                          Robson Jorge & Lincoln OlivettiDeja VuSelva Discos
                          5 previously unreleased songs from two of Brazil’s most celebrated artists, Robson Jorge and Lincoln Olivetti. Recorded between 1982 and 1986, these...
                          • – suspira
                          • – dance baby
                          • – you
                          • – sem essa
                          • – batebca