Sunday, 4/12/2026, 8:30am - Like It Is

Quincy Troupe, Author: Miles, The Autobiography and Miles and Me, Part 2.

Troupe attended Grambling State University in Louisiana on a basketball scholarship. He later joined the United States Army, where he was stationed in France, playing on the Army basketball team. While there, he had a chance encounter with the noted French Existentialist philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre, who suggested to Troupe that he try his hand at poetry.

When he returned to civilian life, Troupe moved to L.A, where he decided to pursue writing, enrolling in journalism classes at the Los Angeles City College. Later he began writing for the Los Angeles Free Press.
In 1985, Spin magazine hired Troupe to write an exclusive two-part interview with Miles Davis, which led Simon & Schuster to him as co-author for Davis's autobiography. In 1990, Quincy’s book, Miles: The Autobiography won an American Book Award for the authors, garnering them numerous positive reviews and accolades.