Miles and Me by Quincy Troupe

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From the back cover:

"Brilliant, poetic, provocative, Quincy Troupe's Miles and Me reveals the man behind the dark glasses and legend."
-- Ishmael Reed

"Using refreshingly unscholarly language, poet and literature professor Troupe paints an aptly minimalist portrait of the artist as a man-child in both his musical curiosity and his irrational tantrums. Miles and Me is witheringly honest and deeply perceptive. A must-read for Davis devotees."
-- Entertainment Weekly

"[Troupe] gives the stories behind the collaboration, from his own introduction to Davis's music in the 1950's -- and to Davis's stature as an 'unreconstructed black man' -- up to Davis's death in 1991..."
-- New York Times

"Troupe is a wonderfully astute judge of human behavior and brings a poet's acuteness of vision to depicting Davis's aura of intimidation and kingly power. He is also well aware of Davis's deeply felt loneliness, the terrible solitude of genius."
-- Kirkus Reviews

"It has been said that Miles Davis was a great poet on his instrument. In a similar vein, it can be said that Quincy Troup is a great instrument in his poetic delivery. As fate would have it, these two very talented individuals would form a mutual and intriguing bond. Miles and Me, Quincy Troupe's latest book, is an honest, serious and sometimes hilarious memoir of his warm and cherished friendship with Miles Davis."
-- Larvester Gaither, QBR The Black Book Review

Quincy Troupe is Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego and author of thirteen books. Two of his books, Mile: The Autobiography (1989) and Snake-Back Solos (1979), have won the American Book Award. He also wrote James Baldwin: The Legacy (1989), Avalanche (1996), Choruses (1999), and Take it to the Hoop Magic Johnson (2000).

Miles and Me
by Quincy Troupe

ISBN: 0520234715
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 2002
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Book Type: Remainder
Condition: New, No remainder mark.