The Miles Davis Movie: More Box Office Success In The U.S., Or Abroad?
While I do think the domestic release of the Miles Davis Biopic will bring with it a hefty share of media coverage and hype, critical debate, awards discussion and positive ticket sales (I can only assume), I can foresee the film doing big business abroad — perhaps even better abroad versus the U.S. There’s the [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Don Cheadle In Paris For Miles Davis Exhibit
In between all the Iron Man 2 hullabaloo, it’s easy to forget Don Cheadle is the guy with the enormous responsibility to make a biopic about Miles Davis. So when we get a glimpse of the actor strolling around the We Want Miles exhibit in Paris, it tells those of us following the long and [...]
House of Representatives Honors Kind of Blue
Normally entangled in one debacle or another, the House of Representatives took a pause today from trying to burn the country to the ground and come together to vote on an issue everyone can agree on – regardless of political or musical persuasion. Fifty years after Miles Davis recorded Kind of Blue, the House voted [...]
Miles Davis / VH1 1987
Click HERE to see a rare, and damn good, clip of Miles Davis from the early days of VH1, long before it turned into a receptacle for utterly ridiculous reality shows. Nevertheless, VH1 was once cool. Here is the proof. I wasn’t able to embed the clip, sorry, but for sure check it out.
Miles Davis / Online
* St. Louis Jazz Notes is featuring some excellent, Miles Davis videos from his always interesting ‘electric years.’ * More on the fascinating Miles Davis-Sugar Ray Robinson connection: Sugar Ray’s Harlem, Back in the Day * Hey look, it’s a photo of Don Cheadle dressed up as War Machine and not Miles Davis. Sigh. * [...]
Miles Davis, For TDK
The Miles Davis Movie: What Songs Should Be Featured In The Biopic?
From various reports we know that a long while back producer Cary Brokaw reached out to former Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman John Calley to lock up the rights to much of Miles Davis’ Columbia Records catalog (now owned by Sony BMG), so it looks like the biopic should be loaded with classic tunes. It’s always [...]
Question: Will The ‘We Want Miles’ Art Exhibition Visit The U.S.?
It should.
