Gregory Davis

Dark Magus: The Jekyll And Hyde Life Of Miles Davis

by R.J. DeLuke
January 12, 2007

Dark Magus: The Jekyll And Hyde Life Of Miles Davis Gregory Davis Hardcover; 224 pages ISBN: 0879308753 Backbeat Books 2006

The pitch for this new book about Miles Davis, written by his eldest son, makes bold promises. Reading Gregory Davis on his iconic father will, we are told, shine previously unshed light on Miles Davis the man--and even the working musician, since the author traveled with the trumpeter at times. ...

Gregory Davis: Son of Miles

by R.J. DeLuke
January 8, 2007

Just when we thought it might have been done sufficiently. John Szwed's excellent So What: The Life of Miles Davis (Simon & Schuster, 2002) stands alongside Ian Carr's Miles: The Definitive Biography (Harper & Collins, 1998) and, of course, Miles' own book with Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography (Simon & Schuster, 1989) as the best books on the music legend. Paul Tingen superbly captured the trumpeter's significance during his electric years with Miles Beyond, The Electric Explorations of Miles Davis ...

Dark Magus, by Gregory Davis, to be basis for feature film on his father

Source: Michael Ricci
November 23, 2011

MONTCLAIR, NJ: Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde Life of Miles Davis, Gregory Davis's no-holds-barred look at his father's life, published by Backbeat Books in 2006, will be the basis of feature film being developed by George Tillman, Jr., director of Notorious. Gregory Davis will serve as a consultant on the film, which will be called “Miles Davis." In Dark Magus, the younger Davis takes a warts-and-all look at the real Miles Davis, stripping away the public perception of his ...
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Gregory Davis, Son of Miles, Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
January 8, 2007

Every year seems to bring a new book about the late, iconic trumpeter and musical innovator Miles Davis. But Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde Life of Miles Davis isn't yet another assessment of the man and his music from journalist types. Instead, it's a look at Miles by someone with unequivocal personal exposure to the man at his best...and his worst.

Written by Miles' eldest son Gregory, a man who has kept a low profile for the most part, ...
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