MILES DAVIS RADIO PROJECT, THE, PT. 4 OF 7: MILES
DAVIS: THE 60s ARE ELECTRIC {1959-1969} (RADIO)
Summary
Continued from R:8345. Part four of this syndicated, seven-part biographical series about legendary jazz artist Miles Davis, narrated by Danny Glover. Part four explores the progression of Davis's life and music from the late 1950s through the 1960s, as the cultural revolution developed. The program begins with a description of an incident that made front-page news, when Davis was beaten by a New York police officer. While he was waiting for the trial, he was denied the right to work; John Coltrane left the band and Davis's cocaine addiction became overwhelming. His wife divorced him and arthritis in his hip drove him deeper into his addictions. But Davis put together a new band in the late 1960s that was influenced by James Brown and Jimi Hendrix, and by new technologies and changes in popular music. The program features clips of songs by Davis, including "White," from the 1985 album "Aura"; "All The Things You Are," from the 1952 album "Rare Unreleased Broadcasts"; "SHHH/Peaceful" and "In A Silent Way," from the 1969 album "In A Silent Way"; "My Funny Valentine," from the 1964 album "Miles in Tokyo"; "Will O' The Wisp" and "Concierto De Aranjuez," from the 1960 album "Sketches of Spain"; "Someday My Prince Will Come," from the 1960 album of the same title; "So What (Live)," from the 1964 album "Heard Round The World"; "Double Image," from the 1969 album of the same title; "Sanctuary," from the 1969 album "Bitches Brew"; and "Cookin'," from the 1956 album "My Funny Valentine." The program also features the songs "Walkin'" and "Fran-Dance" by Coltrane, Davis, Jimmy Cobb, and Paul Chambers, from the 1960 album "Miles & Coltrane in Stockholm"; "Concierto De Aranjuez" by John Williams, from the 1974 album "Rodrigo/Villa Lobos"; "7 Steps to Heaven" and "Joshua-Go Go" by Davis and Tony Williams, from the 1964 album "'Four & More"; "Nefertiti" by Wayne Shorter, from the 1967 album "Nefertiti"; "Purple Haze" by Hendrix, from the 1967 album "Are You Experienced?"; and "I'll Go Crazy" by Brown, from the 1962 album "'Live at the Apollo." Those who remember this period and the music that Davis produced include Cobb, Coltrane, Shorter, and Tony Williams, as well as Ndugu Chancler; Joni Mitchell; Verdine White; Jeri Gray; Nat Hentoff; Ishmael Reed; Frances Davis; Art Taylor; Airto Moriera; Lenny White; George Duke; Roberta Flack; Gary Bartz; Keith Jarrett; Dave Holland; and Joe Zawinul. Continues with R:8348.
Details
- NETWORK: APR American Public Radio
- DATE: November 30, 1989
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:00
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:8347
- GENRE: Radio - Arts documentaries; Radio - Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Jazz; Biography; Drug abuse
- SERIES RUN: APR American Public Radio - Radio series, 1990
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Steve Rowland … Executive Producer, Producer, Writer
- Quincy Troupe … Co-Producer, Writer
- Jay Allison … Co-Producer, Writer
- Larry Abrams … Writer
- Danny Glover … Narrator
- Gary Bartz
- James Brown
- Paul Chambers
- Ndugu Chancler
- Jimmy Cobb
- John Coltrane
- Frances Davis
- Miles Davis
- George Duke
- Roberta Flack
- Jeri Gray
- Jimi Hendrix
- Nat Hentoff
- Dave Holland
- Keith Jarrett
- Joni Mitchell
- Airto Moriera
- Ishmael Reed
- Wayne Shorter
- Art Taylor
- Verdine White
- Lenny White
- John Williams
- Tony Williams
- Joe Zawinul