The Miles Davis Online Interview: Michael Symonds
(Artist Series, Volume 13) Any painting of Michael Symonds is both unique and full of beautiful color. But the jazz paintings of Michael Symonds are extra special to me; the singularity and lush palette of colors that define each of his paintings combined with the portraits of talented musicians who helped shape the very foundation [...]
Miles Davis / The Album Covers
* sessions, imports, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
Miles Davis / The Album Covers
* sessions, imports, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
Here’s Hoping New Season Of Mad Men Features A Miles Davis Song (Or Two)
The award-winning Mad Men returns for its fourth season Jul. 25. There’s even a very nice season 4 promo poster (above) making the rounds today. As we excitedly prepare for the return of Mad Men, we wonder: will the music of Miles Davis be making an appearance at some point during the new season? When [...]
Miles Davis / The Album Covers
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Erwann Gauthier
(Artist Series, Volume 13) As Creative Director for Paris-based design studio EZZ-thetic, Erwann Gauthier understands design – in all its many styles and functions. Knowing my passion for All Things Miles Davis®, the talented Gauthier was kind enough to shoot me over some of his artwork inspired by the jazz legend. One of the illustrations [...]
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Lindonês Silveira
(Artist Series, Volume 12) As of a few days ago I am a new fan of artist Lindonês Silveira. I stumbled onto a terrific Miles Davis painting and consequently spent the next few hours pouring over his art galleries. The Blues Jazz collection stands out as a favorite, but his sets on women, urban scenes [...]
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Paul Slaughter
(Artist Series, Volume 10) * This is a re-post of an interview I did last year with the great Paul Slaughter. I’m delighted to post this conversation I had recently with the talented photographer Paul Slaughter. A former disc jockey at a Los Angeles jazz station in the ‘60s, Paul went on to photograph beautiful [...]
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Jeff Bridges
(Artist Series, Volume 9) As I had mentioned in the previous Artist Series post, I have a thing for tracking down Miles Davis-inspired artwork on Flickr. And once again I recently stumbled upon a great-looking oil painting of the jazz icon – this particular artwork courtesy of Jeff Bridges. There’s a superb collection in the [...]
Miles Davis / The Album Covers
* sessions, imports, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
A Miles Davis Typeface
Xavier Encinas, over at the always enjoyable Swiss Legacy blog, directs us to Paris-based design studio WA75′s excellent typeface called Miles Grotesk. The graphic design was created for the recent We Want Miles exhibition presented at the Cité de la Musique, which was open from October 2009 to January 2010. The exhibit has since moved [...]
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Ricardo Cavolo
(Artist Series, Volume 
I’m not much of a power user of Flickr. But I have been known to spend hours scrolling through the Miles Davis photographs. A lot of people have posted a lot of terrific Miles Davis content – and for that I’m grateful. And it’s via Flickr where I have discovered some [...]
Miles Davis Original Papercut Art
Miles Davis Original Papercut Art No 1 Jazz by tinatarnoff This is an original artwork, not a print. Each piece is entirely handmade, signed and dated. Due to the handcrafted nature of this artwork, each piece may have subtle differences. The mounted artwork comes in a protective, archival-quality, cellophane sleeve and will be shipped to [...]
Miles Davis – On The Corner
Artist Miles Davis Title On The Corner Label Columbia Year 1972 Designer Cover paintings: Corky McCoy, inside cover photo: Allen Morgan Notes Colin writes… “Miles was allegedly aiming for the youth market hence, perhaps, this cover design. Corky McCoy’s work would also be seen on the follow up live double album. If you haven’t heard [...]
The Miles Davis Online Artist Series / A Quick Retrospective
There have been seven installments of the Miles Davis Online Artist Series thus far – each of them a real pleasure for me to be a part of. There is so much amazing art to be discovered that is either based on, or inspired by, Mr. Miles Davis. During the past year, I have enjoyed [...]
