For more than half a century, Miles Davis dominated the jazz music scene, influencing countless musicians and shaping the evolution of twentieth-century music like few others, managing to always stay at the forefront of developments.

Many biographies have been published about Miles Davis so far, but this is the first time the great jazz trumpeter speaks for himself about his life and his turbulent career. He discusses the issue of drug use in the music circles, critiques racism in American society, but above all, he talks about music and the jazz legends with whom he collaborated over the years: Bird (Charlie Parker), Dizzy, Monk, Mingus, Coltrane, and so many others.

The man who captivated us with his music now offers us an exciting autobiography that contains almost the entire history of modern jazz, along with a brief discography and 32 pages of rare photographic material.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]