Miles Davis… Online
Miles Davis, Cartoon’d Breaking down the Miles Davis Neckerchief – link Jazz Hot House reminds us that Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (w/. Lee Morgan in particular) were pretty fantastic. Juliette Greco on her friendship with Jean-Paul Satre, her love affair with musician Miles Davis, and her thoughts on modern culture – link Concord [...]
He Solves Crimes, He Listens To Miles Davis
“Ash Levine, the protagonist of Miles Corwin’s debut novel, Kind of Blue (Oceanview, November), is another music lover: As the title indicates, he’s serious about Miles Davis. An LAPD detective who comes out of retirement to investigate the murder of another ex-officer, Levine, like an increasing number of thriller heroes, has ties to the Israeli [...]
Wake Up With Miles Davis!
I might have to spend a night or two at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch just to get my day started the right way — and that’s with a motivational wake-up call from Miles Davis! Here’s the item I found via Connect Magazine’s website: Miles Davis Makes Mornings Brighter at Hyatt In [...]
Miles Davis / In Pictures
Betty and Miles Davis ringside at the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier title fight in New York, 1971. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis
Miles ‘69
One of my favorite web destinations is this isn’t happiness, Peter Nidzgorski’s art, photography and design blog (via tumblr). The other day he posted a classic image of Miles Davis, so I thought that was the perfect opportunity for me to mention his terrific blog. Miles Davis Online is on tumblr as well – fyi.
we appreciate miles davis
Strolling through a wealth of amazing Miles Davis images on Flickr, I was happy to find this above shot from the terrific sfrances photostream. So many wonderful images to sort through it’s hard to know where to begin, but I was specifically interested in this Miles Davis-inspired graffiti/art. This photo was taken in 2006 using [...]
The Miles Davis Radio Project Is Essential Listening For Any Miles Davis Fan
The Miles Davis Radio Project is a Peabody Award-winning series of eight, one-hour programs about the life and music of Miles Davis. Produced by Steve Rowland and narrated by Danny Glover, the program features interviews with Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack, Joni Mitchell, Carlos Santana, Philip Glass, Dizzy Gillespie and others. Miles’ music is featured prominently [...]
Whatever Happened With Puff Daddy’s Miles Davis Project?
Way back in July 2008 I wrote about a video interview where Puffy states that he’s always wanted to play Miles Davis and that a script is being written for the project. Puff states his role as Davis would not be a ‘typical’ portrayal of the legendary jazz star. Here’s the LINK to the video [...]
Miles Davis / The Album Covers
* sessions, commercial releases, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
Miles Davis Recording Session For Louis Malle’s ‘Elevator To The Gallows’
Here’s something quite beautiful: Miles Davis playing trumpet during a soundtrack recording session for Louis Malle’s 1958 French film “Ascenseur pour l’échafaud” (Elevator to the Gallows). It’s great to watch the jazz legend improvise the woebegone-ish score as he follows the film. The clip is followed by a brief chat with Louis Malle. via
