‘The Genius of Miles Davis’ Is A Very Large CD Collection
The 43-CD collection assembles all eight multi-CD box sets released between 1996 and 2007. The consummate artistry of Miles Davis and the scope of his musical vision at Columbia Records is paid the ultimate tribute on The Genius of Miles Davis. For the first time, this new collection brings together the eight deluxe multi-CD box [...]
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 Sidemen
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Miles Davis / The Album Covers
* sessions, imports, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
Miles Davis: All Of You, 1964
* The Miles Davis Movie: Filming the ‘Second Great Quintet’
Play Along With Miles Davis
Sonny Rollins Receives Miles Davis Award At Montreal Jazz Festival
The Montreal Jazz Festival bestowed awards on three of the biggest names in jazz over the weekend, including Sonny Rollins, who won the Miles Davis Award. The tenor sax player, a legend on the jazz scene for five decades, was presented with the award Sunday ahead of his concert at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Nicknamed the Saxophone [...]
Miles Davis And The ’12 Innovations That Changed Our World’
Jeff Nilsson’s August ’09 feature for The Saturday Evening Post is a quick/interesting read about past, present and future innovations that shape the way we live, work, and play. But it’s innovation #12 we like best because it involves music, American culture and our main man Miles Davis. A snippet: “But perhaps nothing reflects the [...]
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
Miles Davis At The Cascais Jazz Festival 1971
The inaugural Cascais Jazz Festival took place on November 20th, 1971 in the Dramático de Cascais pavilion in Portugal, organized by singer João Braga and musician Luís Villas-Boas. The event was the first ‘international’ jazz festival to be held in Portugal and also featured Miles Davis playing his first show ever in Portugal. The bill [...]
Traveling Miles With Cassandra Wilson
I’ve been an admirer of jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson ever since I picked up Traveling Miles, her lovely (quasi) tribute to jazz legend Miles Davis. Not a perfect album, but tracks like “Run the Voodoo Down,” “Seven Steps to Heaven” and “When the Sun Goes Down” keep me coming back for more. The album also [...]
