For more than forty years Miles Davis has been in the front rank of American music. Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles is one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. The subject of several biographies, now Miles speaks out himself about his extraordinary life. Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the first time Miles talks about his five-year silence. He speaks frankly and openly about his drug problem and how he overcame it. He condemns the racism he has encountered in the music business and in American society generally. And he discusses the women in his life. But above all, Miles talks about music and musicians, including the legends he has played with over the years: Bird, Dizzy, Monk, Trane, Mingus, and many others. The man who has given us some of the most exciting music of the past few decades has now given us a compelling and fascinating autobiography, featuring a concise discography and thirty-two pages of photographs.

邁爾斯•戴維斯（Miles Davis）

邁爾斯被認作是20世紀最有影響力的爵士大師，沒有之一。一生中多次引領新的音樂潮流，憑其紮實功底和探索精神獲譽無數，多次被《Downbeat》評為“最佳小號手”，囊括瞭9次格萊美大奬。邁爾斯的舞颱沒有終點，他除瞭為自己創造瞭一次次新的事業高峰外，也幫助多位樂隊成員成為爵士界一流的大師。

昆西•特魯普（Quincy Troupe）

詩人，編輯，著名記者，加州大學聖地亞哥分校名譽教授。1980年，其詩作獲得美國國傢圖書奬。1990年，本書再次斬獲美國國傢圖書奬。電影《幸福來敲門》原創小說作者之一。