In the final episode of Music Legends, Season Two. Miles Davis finds a youthful excitement in experimentation. He excels in using modern recording equipment and electronic instruments to make his last few iconic, genre-shifting albums. He also explores an entirely new art form via paintbrush and canvas. 

A few months before Miles passed away, he told a close friend “The gods don’t punish people by not giving them what they want. The gods punish people  by giving them what they want and then not giving them time.”  Although those final years of Miles Davis's life might seem creative and peaceful, the truth is that he was in a constant race with time. Will he run this race to the grave? Or find peace before his time is up? 

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Miles Davis had finally ventured out of his drug den for an interview with Julie Coryell, which leads to an unexpected turn of events. Unexpected, especially to Miles himself.  The unique combination of embarrassment, shame, and having literally run out of drugs on that night eventually led to Miles sobering up. But not before he almost drugged himself to sleep for good. When Miles begins again, he tries to start new, and lead a simple life, but new challenges emerge when he is made to face his inner demons. Will He break the evil cycle?

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Miles Davis seemingly vanished off the face of the earth in late 1975. However, Miles himself just called it retirement. In a period in Miles Davis's life that would become known as "The Lost Years," The snowball effect of his destructive lifestyle began picking up more momentum than ever. The walls of his 700-square-foot town home were closing in on him from all sides. By 1978 Miles was barely surviving. Strung out in a constant state of manic intoxication, Miles receives a surprise visit from his eight-year-old son, who got a raw glimpse into his father's "retirement." Would it be the key to helping Miles end the cycle of destruction, or dig him deeper into the chaos?

In 1972, Miles Davis's endless touring started catching up with him. He started taking more trips to the beach and fewer trips to the studio and found himself gazing out at the waves and the statue of liberty in the distance. As he pondered thought after thought while popping pill after pill, he decides to retire from music. This decision shook his soul to the core yet brought his body and mind an eerie inner peace. But the peace didn't last for long as he wound up nearly dead just hours later. Was this the beginning of the end? or the end of the beginning? After all, when one story ends, another has just begun. 

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Motivated by his growing rage for the corporations and privileged whites who turned jazz into boring elevator music, Miles Davis takes yet another U-turn in the winding road of his career. This time, he teams up with the free love movement and some of the best funk and rock & roll musicians of the time to create what Carlos Santana called "Music that gets you high just by listening to it." The time Miles Davis was spending making music may have helped him forget his past, but time only made his pain grow. 

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Miles Davis Live In Copenhagen 1969

Miles Davis Prelude (Part I) (Live at Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan (1st Show) - February 1975

Live Evil

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As Miles Davis fell deeper into addiction, colder and darker sides of his personality emerged. Fear, Jealousy, and rage seeped into all aspects of his life. His relationship with his wife, Frances Taylor Davis, had been turning sour ever since he pulled her dream job from under her feet. Now it turned violent after a night out on the town. Miles Davis went from cool to fool to now ice cold. The peace-and-love revolution began to sweep the nation, but Miles Davis was about to start a revolution of his own. 

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The Gentrification of Jazz

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Music Legends is back again with the next chapter of the Miles Davis story. In this episode, episode 4 of Season 2, a multitude of events occur, slowly tipping Miles's emotional scale from cool to fool. A brawl with a dirty racist cop outside a sold-out theatre. A dangerous drug-fueled speed race across NYC against fear itself. Just a few years prior, Miles Davis was cool, calm, and collected, but there was only so much he could take. 

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Article on Police Attack Against Miles Davis

Frances Davis Video Interview

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Music Legends is back once again with the next chapter of the Miles Davis story! In this episode, episode 3 of Season 2. Miles finds himself stuck in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove polyps from his larynx. He receives a heated visit from Charlie Parker that leaves him in a fit of rage and permanently damaged vocal cords. Despite his new vocal disability, Miles scrambles to find a proper band, creating brand new musical avenues in the process. 

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An Interview with Frances Davis

Radiolab - Atomic Artifacts

Happy New year! I'm back to kick off 2022 with the next chapter of the Miles Davis story. In this episode, episode 2 of Season 2. Miles feels a whirlwind of emotions. He struggles with finding his purpose and filling a certain emptiness that lives within him. He also meets one of the few true loves of his life, only to leave her. All of this causes him to spiral downward and out of control. Booing fans, withdrawals, and signing a record deal without reading the fine lines were just a few of the many consequences.

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Miles Davis & Boxing

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