Miles Davis / Smokin’
I honestly don’t have much knowledge about Miles Davis and his smoking habit. Did he smoke everyday? Did he like to smoke only when he performed on stage, or spent time in the studio? Or was the jazz legend blazing through a pack or more every day? Do we know what brand he preferred? It’s [...]
Miles Davis Is A Presenter At The 29th Grammy Awards
Oh my goodness… Bobby McFerrin just won for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. That’s awesome.
Miles Davis At The 25th Grammy Awards, 1983
I honestly had no clue. Good write-up about the performance here.
Miles Davis Featured On the impossible cool.
I’m a big fan of Sean Sullivan’s tumblr blog the impossible cool. His Jan. 22 entry is especially excellent because it features Mr. Miles Davis. It’s a terrific photo of the jazz legend, so by all means check it out.
The Miles Davis Movie: Next Year At Sundance?
The bacchanal of independent cinema, Hollywood business and celebrity worship known as the Sundance Film Festival is happening as we speak in idyllic Park City (at least when the town isn’t overrun by the festival). It’s another year loaded with indie flicks all vying for that lucrative distribution deal. I wonder if the Miles Davis [...]
Miles Davis Quintet: Stockholm 1968
Agitation Gingerbread Boy Footprints ‘Round Midnight Miles Davis Quintet, Stockholm 1968 Miles Davis – Trumpet Wayne Shorter – tenor sax Tony Williams – drums Herbie Hancock – piano Ron Carter – bass
Never Say Never: Snoop Dogg ‘wants to play Miles Davis’
Snoop Dogg doesn’t know Don Cheadle has a Miles Davis Biopic in the works. I’m willing to bet A LOT of people have no idea there is a project in development between Cheadle and the Miles Davis Estate. Or, maybe Snoop does know Cheadle is trying to bring the Davis story to screen but figures [...]
Miles Davis / In Pictures
Miles Davis / The Album Covers
* sessions, commercial releases, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
Miles Davis / In Poetry
We haven’t really explored poetry inspired by Miles Davis around here, but I stumbled upon a poem titled “Miles Davis” by Amanda Garner on Windhover, North Carolina State University’s literary and visual magazine, and decided hers was a nice place to start looking at how the jazz icon influences poets. Here is a snippet, plus [...]
“Crazy Heart” Director Knows What’s Up!
What are some authors or stories you’re looking to tell? Scott Cooper: William Faulkner, William Styron, a great Virginia writer. There should be a story on Miles Davis, Hendrix, Marley, Chet Baker—all those guys lived great, tragic lives. link
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Tom Buch
(Artist Series, Volume 5) I liked Tom Buch’s work immediately. The digital paintings of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Duke Ellington certainly grabbed my attention at the start, but there is much to enjoy in Buch’s collection (The Bear Bass is a must-see!). An illustrator based in Hertfordshire, UK, Buch has a great talent for [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Who Is Going To Play Gil Evans?
The Miles Davis-Gil Evans relationship fascinates me: two creative souls producing brilliant music together. I absolutely love the work they created; Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain are simply wonderful. A musical partnership on par with Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn I say. Like Miles, Gil Evans was a Jazz Pioneer. While [...]
Miles Davis / In Pictures
Miles Davis, his sister Dorothy Mae, his brother Vernon, and his mother Cleota H. Henry Davis, called “Mama-Cleo” Photo: Anthony Barboza
Miles Davis And Getty Images
It’s a major understatement to say that Getty Images has in their possession some of the most amazing photos of Miles Davis. But far be it from me to steal borrow such wonderful images for Miles Davis Online and risk the wrath of the company. And even though I think I should be able to [...]
