Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
I watched Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue on Ovation TV this evening. I do not love-love the fusion work (I like it), but the documentary is definitely worth a viewing because of the amazing footage; notably Miles boxing and the 1970 Isle of Wight festival. In fact, the Isle of Wight concert footage [...]
Miles Davis / Album Art
Artist: Miles Davis Title: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco Date: Recorded on April 21st, 1961 at the Blackhawk Supper Club Line Up Miles Davis: trumpet Hank Mobley: tenor saxophone Wynton Kelly: piano Paul Chambers: bass Jimmy Cobb: drums Track Listing Side 1 Walkin’ Bye Bye Blackbird Side 2 All of You No Blues [...]
Talkin’ Miles: Photos, Documentaries & Quotes
“When Miles Davis played a simple phrase sometimes that expressed something with more elegance and beauty than any very technically accomplished phrase could say.” – Terence Blanchard, Choice Cuts Miles Davis Album Art Leni Sinclair Photograph: Miles Davis (1972) Paris, 1971 You might not think CMT.com would have an artists page for Miles Davis. Oh, but they [...]
Miles Davis & Marketing
Miles Davis & Marketing
Miles Davis / Art
Artwork is © James Simcock
Joni Mitchell Paints Miles Davis
* from jonimitchell.com: A Conversation with Joni Mitchell by Daniel Levitin © Grammy Magazine March 1997 JM: Yeah, he liked my painting and he’d seen this print that a mutual friend of ours had and he called me up, (whispers) ‘Joni, I like that painting that you did. Nice colors. I want to come over [...]
Miles Davis / From The Archives
We head back to Slate for another installment of From The Archives. Up to bat is Fred Kaplan’s article Miles Davis’ Missing Years (Maybe his final albums weren’t such a bust after all). Written in 2002, the central focus here is The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux, 1973-1991, the newly released packaged box set of [...]
