“I HEAR THE MUSIC IN MY HEAD.” – MILES DAVIS
On a moonlit dirt road somewhere in Arkansas in the early 1930s, a child hears a mysterious sound that sounds like a plodding sound coming from the swamps. And from that moment on, the boy's obsessive journey begins. Miles Davis for the sound search begins…
From his tenure alongside Charlie Parker and the era of “cool jazz"in the clubs of New York to the artistic peak of the jazz freedom of the '50s and '60s, the sonic avant-garde, the legendary collaborations, the turbulent personal relationships, the fusion experimentations and the return to African roots, the journey of the charismatic jazz legend with the magic touch now seems as if it has no beginning and no end.
THE CREATOR
The author and illustrator Dave Chisholm, a well-known trumpeter himself, tells the story in his own words Miles Davis– through his autobiography and interviews – effortlessly, excitingly and with full awareness: a graphic novel that invites you to listen to believe it and see it to catch the sound...
