Whether youre a student or professional; a jazz player; rocker; or salsa enthusiast; performing todays music can be challenging. Developed by the author during a lifetime spent as an arranger and performer; this unique; well-planned book; trains musicians to understand and perform the most complex rhythms at sight. It contains well over 1;000 examples of rhythmic figures common in jazz; rock; Latin; blues; funk and other styles. The CD demonstrates rhythms from throughout the book performed in a variety of feels.
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Review
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Entertaining Reflections by a Miles Davis InsiderBy BCRichI enjoyed reading this book. It is filled with recollections by Miles former roadie that are generally quite colorful. sometimes funny. occasionally surprising. and disturbing. but always unique in their perspective. This book made me feel like I was sitting in my living room talking with someone who knew and loved Miles Davis.The authors stories about his experiences were told in a structured. but very conversational style. The author included a modest amount of personal information about himself and his experiences that while only peripherally related to Miles Davis. provided useful context that helped to amplify the story and legitimize the authors unique perspective.I highly recommend this book. The reader will come away with information and a perspective on Miles Davis not available anywhere else.5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. I wanted to give this book 5 stars...By R. LaRue...but the writing is a bit too conversational for my taste--almost as if the text were transcribed from a tape. as opposed to composed on the page.However. the other reviewers who object to the authors writing about himself (as well as about the musician who is his subject) are missing the point. This is a personal memoir. not a biography. As such. it is not researched--it is recollected. I found the stories fascinating. and while it is true that there is more of Murphy than Miles here. it is understandable--the author is sharing an intimacy here. and it would be wrong to reveal his subject without revealing himself as well. What we see. ultimately. is Murphy in the context of Miles. as well as Miles in the context of Murphy.The picture Murphy presents of life on the road with one of the gods of American music is riveting--I couldnt put this book down. And while I cant vouch for its veracity. it is certainly an anodyne to the usual bad-boy image of the musician. At least in his relationship with the author. Miles comes across as a warm. likeable. and intelligent man. with a terrible dependency on reinventing himself and his music--artistically restless utterly unable to rest on his laurels.As a jazz fan who never cared much for the later Miles. it was nice to learn that. even if you dont care for Miles music of that period. it was never (as critics have suggested) a crass attempt to cash in on to commercially successfull music. He loved rock and rock musicians and felt there was a genuine place for a band such as his.Kudos to Chris Murphy for sharing these reminiscences0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A fascinating story. brilliantly told!By ZimbomaniaThis is book is not only an intimate account of Miles Davis. but also a brilliant story about the music business with all its excitement. sex and drugs in the America of the 70s. I think only few people were as close to Miles as Chris Murphy was and even fewer people had such a deep insight into the artists psyche. Ive enjoyed every page of this book and was driven to tears more than once!
