Miles' validation of himself was enough. Quincy Troupe co-authored Miles' autobiography Miles Davis. He grew up, as Davis did, in East St. Louis, Ill., a mostly-black town just outside St. Louis.

Mtume, known for his ten-finger, tabla-influenced method of playing the congas, was a percussionist with Miles Davis ... black characters — the pimp, the Panther, the prostitute. There's a white ...

Watch a rare and candid interview with the late Miles ... nor Davis shies away. At one point, Reasoner asks whether Davis believes black musicians are "genetically better" than white musicians.