MILES DAVIS/EDITH PIAF STAMPS CELEBRATED IN TWO CEREMONIES
he was known as “the Dark Prince.” she “the Little Sparrow.” (“Piaf” means “sparrow;” songwriter Randy Newman might call her a “short person.”) they never sang together. they never met. he saw her perform in Paris. she liked jazz. yet there they were being honored jointly on U.S. and French Postage stamps pictured below (courtesy USPS), Miles Davis, an icon of America’s musical artform, and Edith Piaf a tragic national French symbol.
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