NASTY GIRL by {BETTY DAVIS}
Posted by Raoul | Filed under Music
The “woman too wild for Miles” was that and so much more.
If you are a photographer you know how important music is on your set. The right playlist can make all the difference. George Pitts had the right playlist last night starting with Betty Davis’ “They Say I’m Different” during his photo shoot with the beautiful Emily. When I got home from his set I immediately started searching online for more of her music. Now Betty is on heavy rotation! Thank you George! – *Raoul
“If Betty were singing today she be something like Madonna, something like Prince, only as a woman. She was the beginning of all that when she was singing as Betty Davis.” ~ Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography
The former wife of Miles, Betty Mabry Davis is perhaps the only woman in the world who could rightfully have the following legend tattooed across her rear: THIS ASS INVENTED FUSION. While their marriage only lasted a year (1968-1969), Betty’s impact on the immortal jazz trumpeter was tremendous. Her cutting-edge musical tastes and incomparable sense of style were too much for Miles to resist. A self-righteous 23-year old model, Betty conquered the man twice her age with a potent mixture of youth, beauty, and sex. Within a year, she had completely remade Miles in her own youthful image. As she poured herself into him, his playing grew younger, his outlook fresh. She ripped through his closets, tossing out the elegant suits he had worn for years. This was the late ’60s, revolution was in the air, and suits were the uniforms of the Establishment. The time had come to get hip, and Betty pointed the way, introducing Miles to the musical and material gods of revolutionary style: Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. -John Ballon read the full story at: all about Jazz
Betty recorded three albums between 1973 and ‘75, all of which had failed to find commercial success: Betty Davis, They Say I’m Different and Nasty Gal. The first two have recently been released by Seattle’s Light in the Attic records. – the cool mine
Tags: Betty Davis, Light in the Attic, Miles Davis, Nasty Gal, They Say I'm different
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