1959, Miles Davis beaten, arrested by NYPD for walking a white girl to a cab and having a cigarette
Conversation
Irving Penn, The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986
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Miles Davis and John Coltrane
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Miles Davis by Don Hunstein -- 1969
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If they act too hip, you know they can’t play shit.
--Miles Davis
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Ornette Coleman by William Claxton
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Ornette Coleman and his son, Denardo Aero photographed by Elliot Landy, Central Park, New York, 1969
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I don't try to please when I play. I try to cure.
-Ornette Coleman
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John Coltrane at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1960. Photo by William Claxton
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My favorite rendition of one of my favorite songs, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman do "Lush Life" youtube.com/watch?v=oZ-968
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Replying to
Art Tatum: Look, you come in here tomorrow, and anything you do with your right hand I’ll do with my left. [to Bud Powell]
Three photos of Thelonious Monk by Eugene Smith
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