Notes

Chapter 1

1. John Miller Chernoff, African Rhythm and African Sensibility (University of Chicago Press, 1979), 36.

Chapter 2

1. Playboy interview with Miles Davis, March 1962.

2. Eric Nisenson, ’Round About Midnight: A Portrait of Miles Davis (New York: Dial Press, 1983), 17.

3. Liner notes for Birth of the Cool (Capitol).

Chapter 3

1. Eric Nisenson, ’Round About Midnight: A Portrait of Miles Davis, updated ed. (New York: Da Capo Press, 1996), 72.

2. Eric Nisenson, Open Sky: Sonny Rollins’s World of Improvisation (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000), 38.

3. Whitney Balliet, The Sound of Surprise (New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1961).

4. Joe Goldberg, Jazz Masters of the 50s (New York: Da Capo Press, 1965), 75.

5. Nat Hentoff, “An Afternoon with Miles Davis,” Jazz Review (December 1958).

Chapter 4

All quotes are from my exclusive interviews with George Russell.

Chapter 5

1. John Coltrane (as told to Don DeMichael) “Coltrane on Coltrane.” From Down Beat: 60 Years of Jazz (New York: Hal Leonard, 1995), pp. 117–18.

Chapter 6

1. Don Nelson, Bill Evans, Down Beat: 60 Years of Jazz (New York: Hal Leonard, 1965).

2. Nat Hentoff, “Introducing Bill Evans,” Jazz Review (October 1959).

3. Ibid.

4. Ibid.

5. Hoagy Carmichael, The Stardust Road/Sometimes I Wonder (New York: Da Capo Press, 1999), 282.

6. Peter Pettinger, How My Heart Sings (New Haven, Ct.: Yale University Press, 1998), 57.

Chapter 7

1. Nat Hentoff, “The Ascent of Cannonball,” International Musician (January 1961).

2. Martin Williams, Jazz Changes (New York: Da Capo Press, 1970), 239.

3. Ibid.

4. Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, “Paying Dues: The Education of a Combo Leader,” Jazz Review (May 1960).

5. Ibid.

6. Miles Davis (with Quincy Troupe), Miles—The Autobiography (New York: Touchstone Books, 1990), 175.

Chapter 8

1. Bill Cole, Miles Davis (New York: Morrow, 1974), 81.

2. Miles Davis, (with Quincy Troupe) Miles—The Autobiography (New York: Touchstone Books, 1990), 154.

3. Eric Nisenson, Ascension—John Coltrane and His Quest (New York: Da Capo Press, 1995), 79.

Chapter 9

1. Stanley Goldstein, Playboy (September 1961).

2. Playboy interview with Miles Davis, March 1962.

3. Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, “Cannonball Looks at Ornette Coleman,” Down Beat, 1961.

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

Chapter 10

1. Bill Cole, Miles Davis: A Musical Biography (New York: William Morrow, 1974).