“I HEAR THE MUSIC IN MY HEAD.” – MILES DAVIS

On a moonlit dirt road somewhere in Arkansas in the early 1930s, a child hears a mysterious sound that resembles blues coming from the swamps. And from that moment, the obsessive journey of young Miles Davis in search of the sound begins...

From his apprenticeship alongside Charlie Parker and the era of “cool jazz” in New York clubs to the artistic peak of jazz freedom in the '50s and '60s, the sonic avant-garde, legendary collaborations, tumultuous personal relationships, fusion experiments, and a return to African roots, the journey of the gifted jazz legend with the magical touch seems to have neither end nor beginning.

The author and illustrator Dave Chisholm, an accomplished trumpeter himself, tells the story in the words of Miles Davis himself—through his autobiography and interviews—effortlessly, captivatingly, and with full consciousness: a graphic novel that invites you to listen to believe and to see to grasp the sound...

Pages: 160, Year of Publication: 2025