Miles Davis photo shoot

[trane_fanatic]

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[Christiern]

Thanks for posting this.

[JSngry]

Pretty "remarkable" stuff indeed. Thanks for posting!

[marcello]

The guy still sells magazines! Thanks!

[porcy62]

Yes, thanks, and I love seeing Miles Smiles, not usual in the most famous shots.

Edited December 14, 2007 by porcy62

[Indestructible!]

I saw this in a special insert of "W" magazine the other day (and no, I don't have a subscription to it!... it was in the pile of magazines at the "barber shop").

Some of these pictures are damn downright brilliant... I think in part because Miles hardly ever allowed himself to be seen this way.

Great shots!

Cheers,

Shane

[Chuck Nessa]

Very, very nice. Thanks for posting the pics.

[marcello]

Great photos, but I think they are later than 1955.

Was Miles living on W. 77th in '55?

The photos clearly show a paper backdrop, like one in a photographer's studio.

[sheldonm]

Photos were taken in 1955 when Miles was 28...according to the photographer's wife. Apparently the negs had never been printed; they had been in an old envelope for the past 50 years. Taken by a guy named Tom Palumbo, who at the time worked for Harper's Bazaar...those the photos were not shot for them so never printed. Tom had struck up a friendship with Miles at some point and that's how the shoot came about. The story also indicates these were taken (three rolls) at Mile's 77th street brownstone.

m~

[Chuck Nessa]

Photos were taken in 1955 when Miles was 28...according to the photographer's wife. Apparently the negs had never been printed; they had been in an old envelope for the past 50 years. Taken by a guy named Tom Palumbo, who at the time worked for Harper's Bazaar...those the photos were not shot for them so never printed. Tom had struck up a friendship with Miles at some point and that's how the shoot came about. The story also indicates these were taken (three rolls) at Mile's 77th street brownstone.

m~

Yes, I read that and think Tom is correct. I think the pics are from a year or two later

[marcello]

For the curious, it seems that Miles bought the place on W. 77th in 1959 and moved in there the next year after renovations were made.

[marcello]

In the Basement:

[brownie]

It's great to discover these images.

How handsome Miles was back then!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

For the curious, it seems that Miles bought the place on W. 77th in 1959 and moved in there the next year after renovations were made.

How could he live with all that clutter on his walls?

MG

[sidewinder]

Is that Betty Mabry on the photo? (presumably yes otherwise he would have got an earful - as that photo looks to be from around 1969/70 at the time of 'Bitches Brew').

Looking at the wall display, MIles would have made an excellent Mosaic collector.

[JohnS]

My thanks too.

[marcello]

Is that Betty Mabry on the photo? (presumably yes otherwise he would have got an earful - as that photo looks to be from around 1969/70 at the time of 'Bitches Brew').

Looking at the wall display, MIles would have made an excellent Mosaic collector.

Looks like Cicely Tyson:

Betty Mabry

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[Larry Kart]

Lovely photos, but the story itself among other things places the Davis nonet (i.e. the Birth of the Cool band) in the 1960s.

[Christiern]

Yes, I believe the story is--in good measure--uninformed assumption.

[JSngry]

Is that Betty Mabry on the photo? (presumably yes otherwise he would have got an earful - as that photo looks to be from around 1969/70 at the time of 'Bitches Brew').

That's Fran.

[7/4]

How could he live with all that clutter on his walls?

[mjzee]

The photos are in a magazine called "Movies Rock," which is a special supplement to a number of Conde Nast magazines this month, including GQ. The basic idea is the confluence of music and movies. Besides the Miles shots, there are a number of very readable articles. I liked the piece on Elmer Bernstein by Nick Tosches, the one on the movie "Tommy" by James Wolcott, and an excellent long biography of Jimmy Van Heusen by James Kaplan. The magazine is worth searching out.

[sidewinder]

That's Fran.

I think you're right.

I wonder what Betty thought?

.. or maybe she had left by then and he dug it back out of the storage box.

Edited December 15, 2007 by sidewinder

[Parkertown]

What kind of awards are those plaques with the music notes on them? (aka clutter... )

[Christiern]

I think they may be Down Beat awards.