I just finished Miles Davis’ autobiography and it was insane. It’s easily one of the best autobiographies I’ve read and it is certainly the most entertaining biography I’ve read. Other than the excessive profanity, my favorite part is all the great names of people in his life. These are my favorite names from the book.
- Bobby Danzig
- Red Bonner
- Duck McWaters
- Fats Navarro
- Rubberlegs Williams
- Lockjaw Davis
- Red Rodney
- Illinois Jacquet
- Bumps Meyers
- Dodo Marmarosa
- Hobart Dotson
- King Kolax
- Tiny grimes
- Symphony Sid
- Shelly Manne
- Chano Pozo
- Baby Laurence
- Brew Moore
- Curly Russell
- Zoot Sims
- Elmo hope
- Alfred lion
- Elvin Jones
- Freddie Frue
- Clair Rockamore
- Red Garland
- Wilber Ware
- Shadow Wilson
- Blossom Dearie
- Cannonball Adderely
- Joe Zawinul
- Pee Wee Marquette
- Joe Mondragon
- Willie Bobo
- Booker Little
- Phineas Newborn
- Philly Joe jones
- Cornell Dupree