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Miles Davis didn’t just change jazz; he redefined the sound of the 20th century. Clarke Peters explores a musician whose uncompromising pursuit of his art came at a heavy cost.

Trumpeter Miles Davis didn’t just change jazz; he redefined the sound of the 20th century. But that constant reinvention came at a price. Clarke Peters explores a visionary artist, to reveal the man behind the legend: a complicated genius whose relentless pursuit of the "new" often scorched his own life and the lives of those around him.

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