Quincy Troupe
Quincy Troupe is a professor of literature at the University of California San Diego and the author of thirteen books. Two of his books, Miles: The Autobiography and Snake-Back Solos, have won the American Book Award. He also wrote Avalanche, Choruses, James Baldwin: The Legacy, and Take it to the Hoop, Magic Johnson. In 2002, he was named Poet Laureate of the State of California by the California Arts Council.
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Miles and Me
- By: Quincy Troupe
- Narrator: Richard Allen
- Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 25, 2018
- Language: English
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Quincy Troupe’s account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique relationship. It is also an engrossing chronicle of the author’s own development, both artistically... Read more
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