<p>This past week, 99 years ago, Miles Dewey Davis III was born in Alton, Illinois.</p><p>On November 12, 1989, on 60 Minutes, Harry Reasoner asked him if Black musicians were better at jazz and blues because of slavery. The question could’ve gone sideways.</p><p>What Davis said—quietly, precisely—was about rhythm, memory, race, and the meaning of swing. <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#blackmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a></p><p>1/12<br>Image: Miles Davis, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1954, photo by Francis Wolff.</p>
Edited 1y ago
