Miles Davis
West Side Highway (New York, NY), 1969
Photography and commentary by Baron Wolman

“That photo of Miles and his red Ferrari was taken on New York’s West Side Highway in 1969. We had just shot some portraits in his apartment near Central Park. He said he wanted to go to Gleason’s Gym to work out. He was an amateur boxer, as you probably know. Anyhow, we’re driving along and I said, ‘Miles, pull over. Let’s do some shots of you and this totally cool car.’ He said ‘yes,’ we did, and then proceeded to the gym where he threatened to knock me out…”

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