Miles

MilesAs Miles Davis' international popularity grows, so does his reputation as a coldly arrogant loner, contemptuous of his audiences and stubbornly insistent on having his own way in every way. He wins polls with the ease with which Thomas Costain diagrams a best seller, despite the moat he keeps between himself and his listeners. After gathering a Playboy award this year, Davis topped the largest of the European jazz popularity contests – that of the British Melody Maker. "Miles Davis has...