MILES
BEYOND
The Electric Explorations
of Miles Davis, 1967-1991
Welcome to the new version of the Miles Beyond web site! As you can see, the site is still under construction, so make sure to check back. Enjoy! Paul Tingen.
The Book
Published in May 2001, Miles Beyond is the first book that deals in-depth and sympathetically with the Miles Davis’s electric period, 1967-1991. It is the only book about the entire electric period that is primarily based on new and often exclusive interviews with over 50 musicians, managers, producers, family, and romantic partners. The pioneering book unearths much new information and thousands of never-before-revealed facts about Miles and his electric music, including many new insights into his working methods, artistic development, and his private life, all set in the context of a chronological analysis of the music he produced from 1967 to 1991. The book is out of print. You can buy an e-book or pdf version here.
Acclaim
“The most important book on Miles Davis ever. I was knocked out by Tingen’s knowledge of what to many people is a confusing period in Davis’s career and music. [Tingen’s] very open-ended way of writing allows in the magic that makes his debut volume a tantalising excursion into the unknown. Why Tingen’s book is so fascinating is that it makes you want to know more about this devil of a genius.”
– Mark Prendergast, author of The Ambient Century in Bloomsbury Magazine.
Articles
In 1969, jazz music was widely regarded as old music made by irrelevant “stiffs” in suits. Certainly very few members of the hippie counterculture would admit to owning a jazz recording. Even Miles Davis, jazz’s only superstar and not long before regarded as the coolest man on the planet, had become one of yesterday’s men. All this changed in August 1969, when In A Silent Way was issued, and even more so in April 1970, with the release of Bitches Brew . These two albums established Miles Davis as the first major jazz artist to crossover to a rock audience and jazz-rock as a hip kind of music to listen to. Oh, and in the process In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew changed the direction of the history of music, no less. To be continued…