Miles Davis In Ebony Magazine, January 1961
If you ever stumble across a January 1961 copy of Ebony magazine please secure it immediately because it features not only those old-school print ads that are fun to look at but also a fantastic article about Miles Davis. It’s probably a long-shot to get a copy of the original print magazine, but lucky for [...]
Miles Davis Play Set For Workshop Production This Weekend In Los Angeles
Last year I posted an interview with Greg Machlin, who wrote a terrififc play called Seven Days: a Fantasia on the Life of Miles Davis. I had written about the play earlier when it was playing at the UI Theatre Building on the campus of Iowa University. “Seven Days: a Fantasia on the Life of [...]
Miles Davis Gets Tribute From Chicago Dance Company
Kate O’Neil, writing for the Lansing State Journal, has the story of the River North Chicago Dance Company, which comes to Wharton Center Thursday. The highlight of that performance will be the world premiere of ‘Simply Miles, Simply Us,’ a tribute to Miles Davis. The dance was co-commissioned by Wharton Center and the Auditorium Theatre [...]
Miles Davis: A Short Story
New Orleans writer, filmmaker and educator Kalamu ya Salaam recently penned an outstanding short story about Miles Davis — with audio. A moderator for neo•griot, an information blog for black writers, as well as Breath of Life, a black music website, Kalamu was very kind to allow me to re-post the complete short story. There’s [...]
You Can Learn A lot From Miles Davis: Cooking Edition
Regina Charboneau delivers a fine article over at The Atlantic’s website about what a chef can learn from Miles Davis. Writes Charboneau: “What Miles knew inherently as a jazz musician, as cooks often learn though experience and time, was restraint, or, simply put, “less is more.” Here’s Charboneau’s recipe for Broiled Oysters with Beurre Blanc [...]
Miles Davis And The Road To Success
I’m re-posting this great article I found over at Prevential, Derek Halpern’s online resource for success driven individuals. Matt Rodela put together a great article called A Lesson in Cool: What Miles Davis Taught Us About Success. A jazz fan with a penchant for entrepreneurship, Rodela illustrates how music and business are connected. It’s an [...]
The Hands Of Miles Davis
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Miles Davis / The Boxer
[Part 3 in a series of posts featuring articles, photographs and opinions about the relationship between the sport of boxing and the life and music of Miles Davis] The latest installment and excerpt is from Scoop Malinowski. The writer decided to research Miles Davis and what he said about ‘the art of pugilism’ in John [...]
Miles Davis In St. Louis: 1953 Interview
Here is something really terrific. Lockwood & Summit features a great (and quite rare) audio interview of Miles Davis on KXLW in East St. Louis from 1953. Miles was visiting with DJ Harry Frost on his ‘Fresh Air’ show. David Hill at the always enjoyable Jazz Hot House sums it up best: “Totally bizarre to [...]
Miles Davis Tune Works Surprisingly Well Over Freestyle BMX Footage
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