I imagine there are a lot of bio's about this man but which one is the best/most accurate, as I'm getting into him recently and wanna read about him

This is a must!!!From the first page you're hooked.
You can read about it here:

http://www.amazon.com/Mil...0671635042

/peace Manki

Volitan said:

The one I really rate is George Cole's The Last Miles - covering the woefully underrated 1980-91. It's pretty much a twilight of the champion type book too, detailing Miles's physical decline.

Then there's the very good So What: The Life & Times of Miles Davis by John Svwed (not a typo). That covers the peak period in great detail, but is ligt n the last years. You need them both.

manki said:

It's good, but not great. The best jazz autobiographies are Mingus' Beneath the Underdog (which Mingus actually wrote himself as opposed to talked at a ghostwriter - and, as such, it's a SUPERB piece of writing) and Art Pepper's Straight Life. I was expecting more from Miles' book. It wasn't that revealing.

I have read most of the Major ones..including the ones discussed previously in this thread...
I most enjoyed this one though..
Miles to go : By Chris Murphy.

It appears the auto would be the way to go. I read a couple pages on amazon and loved it.

I highly recommend Ian Carr's biography of Miles.

It covers his whole career and is very objective and brilliantly written. It accompanies the autobiography (which is also essential) very well.

I must recommend 'Miles Beyond', by Paul Tingen, the best book imo about Miles' 'electric period' 1969-91. It's written by a non-jazz-centred writer, and he comes at the music from a more rock-oriented perspective, which is good, as Miles was kind of exploring that area at that time, if in his own way. It gives particular coverage to the music from 1969-75, but is also good on the 'silent years' when Miles was 'semi-retired' due to various 'health problems' shall we say ...

'The Last Miles', already mentioned, is far more in-depth on the 1981-91 'comeback years', but 'Miles Beyond' is imo the best book out there on the whole 'Bitches Brew and beyond' era.

Enjoy reading about Miles!

manki said:

Definitely. That man has such a memory for detail!