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Writer Poet Griot Legend Quincy Troupe with Miles Davis , James Baldwin, Toni Morisson, Hugh Maskella, Sonya Sanchez, Amiri Baraka. Maya Angelou

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milesandquincy.png Jazz legend Miles Davis and poetry legend Quincy Troupe. On April 15, 1989, writer and poet Quincy Troupe interviewed Miles Davis at the Studio Museum in Harlem, just a few months before the publication of their co-authored Autobiography of Miles.

 

 

 

Why do you love Harlem? Why do you live there now, and what are you working on?
 

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IMAGES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: QUINCY TROUPE WITH ALEXANDER “SKUNDER” BOGHOSSIAN. QUINCY TROUPE WITH MILES DAVIS AT THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, APRIL 15, 1989, THE FIRST TIME DAVIS EVER SAT AND TALKED TO A LIVE AUDIENCE IN SUCH A SETTING.

 

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HUGH MASEKELA IN LESOTHO.

 

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IMAGES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: QUINCY TROUPE WITH TONI MORRISON. GIANT TALK: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THIRD WORLD WRITINGS, EDITED BY QUINCY TROUPE AND RAINER SCHULTE. MARGARET PORTER TROUPE AND QUINCY TROUPE WITH DEREK WALCOTT IN SAINT LUCIA.

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JAMES BALDWIN WITH QUINCY TROUPE

 

 

 

?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3 QUINCY TROUPE WITH AMIRI BARAKA AND STEVE CANNON

 

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LEFT: QUINCY TROUPE WITH TOM FEELINGS AND MAYA ANGELOU. CENTER: A COPY OF JACOB LAWRENCE’S AESOP’S FABLES SIGNED TO QUINCY AND MARGARET FROM LAWRENCE AND GWENDOLYN KNIGHT. RIGHT: THE TROUPES WITH JACK WHITTEN

 

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https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/once-upon-a-harlem-time

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