Watch: Miles Davis Interview With Bill Boggs

Miles Davis interviewed by Bill Boggs on his television show “Time Out” in 1986. via Jazz on the Tube

A Miles Davis iPhone App Would Be Nice

I’m just saying. It’s not really that big of deal. But a simple App with music, video, news and photos might be nice. Make some of the music never-before-heard tracks, or rare, live recordings, and it instantly becomes more valuable, much more necessary to the fans. Add some exclusive photos from the vaults. Perhaps concert [...]

Too Much Kind Of Blue? The Case For Giving Overexposed Masterworks A Rest

*Absolutely worth a read this holiday weekend. Hope everyone is doing well! Richard Williams recently wrote a book called “The Blue Moment: Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music.” I haven’t yet read Mr. Williams’ study of the great jazz trumpeter’s best-known album, and to be perfectly honest, I doubt I’m [...]

Miles Davis 2010

Nineteen years after his passing and a generation or two removed from when his songs were considered ‘popular music,’ Miles Davis’ place in our cultural and musical foundation remains secure. And in this wired age, the discovery and experience of Miles Davis, one of the most influential musicians in jazz history, is as immediate and [...]

Miles Davis Online Turns One Year Old!

Happy Birthday! Miles Davis Online is one year old. First and foremost I want to thank all of you loyal readers who have made this Miles Davis blog what it is. I had already been writing the Miles Davis Movie blog to chronicle the ongoing process of the Miles Davis Biopic. But then I decided [...]

Miles Davis / From The Archives

We jump back to October 11, 1991, just days after Miles Davis had died, with a terrific commentary in Entertainment Weekly by Greg Sandow. Death of the Cool ‘Remembering Miles Davis — For four decades he remade jazz in his own ever-changing image’ Miles Davis, not to put too fine a point on it, was [...]

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 [...]

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The Night Miles Davis Opened For Neil Young

Forty years ago this month, Neil Young and Miles Davis shared a bill at a theater in New York City. Nate Chinen looks at two stars whose orbits passed tantalizingly close. Click here to read the essay!

The Miles Davis Jazz Platinum Visa Card

Mike Zwerin has the story behind the First USA “real jazz platinum Visa card.” It’s interesting because at the time of the card’s debut (1997), the President and CEO of First USA Bank, Inc, Richard W. Vague, said that he would like his bank to function like Miles Davis’ band. “Now I’m not nearly so [...]

Miles Davis And The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

On the occasion that Genesis, Iggy Pop, The Hollies, ABBA and Jimmy Cliff were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last Monday, let’s look back to 2006 when jazz legend Miles Davis was honored posthumously with induction to the hall of fame of rock and roll. Miles was inducted by Herbie Hancock. [...]

Miles Davis And The Oscars

From what I understand Miles Davis has never been nominated for an Oscar or attended the event. But, by all means, please let me know if I’m mistaken. Let’s get the darn thing filmed first, I know, but it’s always fun to speculate over the Oscar fortunes of the Miles Davis Movie. Let’s assume the [...]