“STOP trying to recreate and start creating,” bemoans the spectre of Miles Davis as Jay Phelps studies the tapes of his 1959 seminal album, Kind of Blue, in search of inspiration. Phelps, a ...

American jazz musician Miles Davis, center, escorts friends to funeral of rock-guitarist Jimi Hendrix in Seattle, Wa., Oct. 1, 1970. Davis is one of many musicians gathered to pay tribute to Hendrix, ...

Ahead of the centenary of Davis’s birth, musicians including Terence Blanchard and John Scofield analyse his brilliance: from his soft phrasing and spiritual feel to his raspy cussing and leather ...

1926 was a booming year for jazz. Louis Armstrong was busy revolutionizing improvisation with his Hot Five band. Jelly Roll Morton was laying down essential tracks with his Red Hot Peppers. And, in a ...

Miles Davis’ ceaseless reinventions of his art led Duke Ellington to call him the “Picasso of jazz.” Illustration by Benjamin Wachenje; source photo: Getty Images Miles Dewey Davis III’s first memory ...

One of the signal releases from Miles Davis’s second ‘great quintet’, the two-night stand recorded for The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965 has long been held in high esteem by both Davis ...

The Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach will present MEB “Miles Electric Band” on Friday, January 30 at 8 p.m. Founded by Emmy and Grammy ...

Kat Von D working on a tattoo of Miles Davis that has become the subject of copyright infringement lawsuit. (Source: U.S. court of filing) PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ...

The potent partnership between iconoclastic jazz trumpeter/bandleader Miles Davis and arranger/conductor Gil Evans was proven on tracks like “Boplicity” and “Moon Dreams” from the 1957 compilation ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At 29, classical guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre has already earned an international reputation for his ability to make the nylon strings of his instrument sing ...

Trumpeter Miles Davis was the quintessence of cool. A musical icon as well as a cultural one, Davis took his place in the pantheon by ceaselessly seeking and often ushering in the “next thing” in jazz ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jack DeJohnette, the prolific and versatile jazz drummer who played with Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Pat ...