Miles Davis I: Too Cool for School

What does the word "cool" mean to you? Chances are, you've never thought as hard about it as you are right now. Miles Davis is considered one of the "coolest" people to have ever lived, but what exactly made him so cool anyway? Well, you're about to find out. 

I've never done more than two episodes of Music Legends on a single band or musician and fully anticipated continuing this trend when I started researching Miles Davis for Music Legends back in September of 2019. After months of long nights of research and production, it became clear that just one episode wasn't quite going to cut it. Now, here we are. Just days away from 2022, and I'm finally unleashing this epic journey.

Season 2 of Music Legends is a highly narrative-driven format that navigates through Miles Davis's crazy life by transporting the listener straight to Davis's most life-changing moments. Weaving through his experiences and getting to know characters who had tremendous impacts on Miles Davis throughout his life, you will feel like your right there in the middle of the chaos. You will learn something you never knew about Miles Davis and by the end of the series, you will hopefully have a new outlook on what exactly it means to be "cool"

In this episode, the first episode of season 2, Miles Davis receives his very first trumpet and becomes enchanted with jazz. He finds community in the smoke-filled clubs of 52nd Street in Manhattan, New York, and gets a free ride to a prestigious ivy league college, only to realize, it may not be for him.

 

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What is cool?

Portraying the Picasso of jazz (Great article on Miles Davis)

Great article on the history of 52nd Street

 

This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including violence and descriptions of harm.