Miles Davis's "Filles de Kilimanjaro": A transitional album amid personal turmoil
By
Andy Beta
An everything bagel for the brain. Substantive, layered, well-seasoned.
Summary
A review of Miles Davis's 1968 album "Filles de Kilimanjaro," examining the personal turmoil in Davis's life at the time—including his abusive marriage to Frances Taylor and his brief marriage to Betty Mabry—and how these relationships and the changing musical landscape influenced the album's creation and its significance as a transitional work bridging his acoustic and electric periods.
Key quotes
· 3 pulleda week after [that photo] was taken I was running for my life
Miles Davis was in love
even that marriage wouldn't last
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