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Music Books [Issue #23]
: Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde Life of Miles Davis By Dean Truitt

As with any maverick artist, Miles Davis’ dominating legacy will ultimately endure largely within the confines of his art.
However, the brilliant musician’s reputation and mercurial behavior remains a great point of interest to jazz aficionados throughout the world. Davis himself fueled the controversy with his autobiography, Miles, published shortly before his death. Surprisingly, the trumpeter’s son, Gregory, has undertaken the onerous task of providing an evenhanded account of his father’s genius and erratic behavior. The ongoing theme of Jekyll and Hyde clearly applies to the artist because he was seemingly fighting an inner struggle between opposing instincts. The author gives intimate access into his father’s family life and how his actions altered the lives of his entire family. At times, Davis would be sober and then lunge into self-destructive drug binges. While much of the tale discusses his father’s many artistic triumphs and personal demons, Davis also provides interesting details regarding the jazz icon’s dealings with Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, among many other legends.

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