REVIEW: Miles – An Autobiography (Miles Davis)

In Miles Davis’ Miles: The Autobiography , he recounts a time when he attended a dinner at the White House. He discusses being trapped at a table with a politician’s wife who asks Miles if jazz is “art in its truest form” or if they are just ignoring it because it comes from Black people. To Miles, this is someone trying to be hip while being deeply ignorant. So he responds, calling out what is at…