Miles Davis, 1969

1969 was the year Miles Davis launched his electric period with the groundbreaking In A Silent Way, considered by many to be the opening salvo in the jazz-fusion revolution. This portrait of Miles in June 1969 provides a visual analog to the poly-cultural eclecticism of both the era and Davis's music, hot and cold, African primal in a New York urban jungle, psychedelic and funky, and all of it simply Miles.