Date of Defense
4-2009
Department
Music
Abstract
I first heard the music of Miles when I would visit my uncle in his surburban neighborhood outside Detroit. He celebrates Miles's entire discography, a value I do not share, but we do agree on when Miles was truly "kickin' it": 1965-1974. The "adolescence and early manhood of cool" always grabbed me with its transitioning attitude and sea of creative performers assembled by Davis. His whole career is teeming with innovative ideas and outstanding sidemen, but my obsequious writ will favor the years he "kicked it".
Recommended Citation
Theriault, Brandon, "From Birth to Death of Cool" (2009). Honors Theses. 1657.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses/1657
Access Setting
Honors Thesis-Open Access