Miles Davis Pt. 1: Addictive Cool

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Miles Davis is jazz’s first and only rock star, with the rap sheet to prove it. He did enough cocaine to run down the entirety of 52nd street, and pimped out women when performing wasn’t paying the bills. At one point, his heroin habit was so public that clubs who had once welcomed his brilliant bebop instead froze him out completely. When he wasn’t vying to keep his rightful spot in jazz’s upper echelon, he was doing time at Rikers Island or dodging racist cops on the prowl for any junkie they could find. Miles Davis invented cool, but nearly destroyed himself in the process. This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners and includes descriptions of domestic violence. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Double Elvis.
0:06.7	This episode contains content that may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:11.0	Please check the show notes for more information.
0:15.0	Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.
0:19.4	Motherfucker. Say, motherfucker.
0:21.6	Say, motherfucker.
0:22.6	That motherfucker over there, this motherfucker over here.
0:26.6	Motherfucker.
0:28.6	I can't say it.
0:29.6	Can't say the word, not like Miles Davis.
0:32.6	The word motherfucker was without a doubt Miles Davis' favorite word.
0:36.6	He used it liberally in his autobiography
0:39.3	and everyday conversation in nearly every quote of his from stories that his friends recount in
0:44.4	documentaries. And of course, Miles Davis was a motherfucker. One of the baddest motherfuckers of all time.
0:51.3	As a man, a musician, a friend, an enemy, a junkie, a role
0:54.7	model, an artist, a rock star, straight, motherfucker. To hear Miles Davis use the word
1:00.2	motherfucker is, like listening to his music, a whole unique experience. Nobody did it like Miles.
1:07.4	But like countless others who've come up in Miles' influence, I'm going to try.
1:12.2	So get ready, motherfuckers, because this episode is a lot of motherfucking motherfuckers
1:15.6	fucking up this story like a motherfucker.
1:18.6	Melotron!
1:33.5	The story's about... The stories about Miles Davis are insane.
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