An affectionate but brutally honest account about working and living with
Miles Davis during the latter period of the jazz maestro's career

"Miles to Go is direct and forthright and has its own charmit's created a warm
quilt that shows things about Miles Davis that a lot of other books don't do. Specifically,
that he was warm, funny, and desirous of friends."allaboutjazz.com

"Murphy portrays Miles as funny, loyal, and generous but lonely and often depressed,
struggling with the pressures of his career and chaotic personal life during what was a
difficult era for a jazz musician."Booklist

Miles to Go is a frank and intimate exploration of Davis's eccentric working life, drug
habits, paranoia, depression, and subsequent recovery. Murphy explores Davis's troubled
relationship with his children and the controversial role Cicely Tyson played in his life. The
book also delves into the dynamics that made Davis's band work so well together, placing
Davis's work in a historic, literary, and musical framework.

Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, and a very unlikely Mother Teresa all have walk-on
parts in this engaging, intelligent, and often hilarious narrative. Miles to Go takes us
from the small seedy jazz clubs that Davis frequented to the world tours, and then finally to
Davis's triumphant return with his celebrated concerts at Lincoln Center in the early 1980s.


Chris Murphy worked closely with Miles Davis from 1973 to 1976, first as a crew member and later as his road manager. He then returned to Davis's employ in 1981 when Davis staged his comeback tour. Murphy lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

Patrick Lawlor, an AudioFile Earphones Award winner and Audie Award finalist, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer who has worked in America and Europe. He has been an actor and stuntman in both TV and film. He lives in Milwaukee.

Being born in E.St.Louis, Ill. in the post WWII era , bombarded by countless "Miles" stories and opinions, and being a lifelong aficionado of his work, I applaud this presentation. Subjectivity can, occasionally, reveal the human beyond the iconoclast. After 45 years of loving and honoring his contribution to the World, I learned a few things. Isn't that what life is about? Bravo, Chris. And Thanx!