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Remembering Miles Davis.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead remembers jazz great Miles Davis, who died this weekend at age 65.

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Other segments from the episode on September 30, 1991

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 30, 1991: Interview with Andre Dubois; Interview with Willie Ruff; Obituary for Miles Davis.
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Writer Andre Dubus and Personal Tragedy.

Writer Andre Dubus ("dah-bues"). Dubus' short stories earned him this year's Bernard Malamud Award from the writers group, PEN. This summer, Dubus released his first work of non-fiction, a collection of essays, called "Broken Vessels." It's published by Godine. (Rebroadcast. Original date 6/25/91).

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Willie Ruff Discusses His Life and Career.

Jazz French horn player Willie Ruff. Ruff's autobiography, "A Call to Assembly," chronicles his childhood in the South, his enlistment in the army in 1946, his gaining admission to Yale, and his decision to pass on a career in classical music and follow a life in jazz. It's published by Viking. (Rebroadcast. Original date 7/24/91).

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Writer John Szwed

Writer John Szwed is the author of the new biography, So What: The Life of Miles Davis about the influential jazz trumpeter. Szwed is the John M. Musser Professor of Anthropology, African American Studies, Music and American Studies at Yale University. He is also the author of the biography Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra, about another innovative musician.

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Miles at the Cellar Door

The new box set Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 is the latest in a crop of critical anthologies that add perspective to the history of jazz.

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