Saturday Night Live: George Kennedy/Miles Davis

Who knew? It’d sure be nice to see some footage of this Miles Davis performance. Saturday Night Live: George Kennedy/Miles Davis Air Date: Saturday October 17, 1981 Episode Summary: Sketches include “To Tell the Truth,” “Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood,” “La Cage Aux Follies ’81,” “Velvet Jones,” “Rubik’s Teeth,” “Editorial,” “Mr. Bill in LA” (film), and “Harry [...]

‘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 [...]

Getty Images: Inside The Miles Davis Collection

(pt. 7 in a series) Title: Miles Davis On ‘The Sound Of Miles Davis’ Date created: 02 Apr 1959 Click here to view the awesome PHOTO!

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 Brand Gets Boost With New Products

Goldmine magazine is featuring an article about the latest Miles Davis-related products. Writer Chris M. Junior catches up with Vince Wilburn Jr., a Davis nephew, and Erin Davis, son of the late jazz icon, who both oversee Miles Davis Properties with Cheryl Davis, daughter of Miles. Who we do not see mentioned is Darryl Porter, [...]

The Miles Davis Movie: Which Way Are We Going?

Interesting article in the NY Times Sunday about biopics. The Miles Davis Biopic was not mentioned, obviously(!), but the points made by Dennis Lim about the delicate craft of producing a successful biopic can be easily connected to the Miles Davis Movie – and the many hurdles it faces as the project remains in an [...]

Hey, What’s Don Cheadle Doing?*

Matt Damon and Don Cheadle enjoyed Martorano’s restaurant at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Saturday, July 3rd following the celebrity poker tournament, Ante up for Africa. Joined by a handful of their closest friends, Damon and Cheadle reminisced about their movie roles including Rounders and Ocean’s 13, while Martorano’s played clips of the films [...]

Dave Brubeck Says Miles Davis Was A Good Basketball Player

Who knew? “When people think of jazz legend Miles Davis, they invoke his troubled life or his skill with a trumpet. Dave Brubeck, himself a music icon, recalls a different side. “One day he came to my house, and my kids, when they came home from school, they saw Miles and I playing basketball,” he [...]

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…

A Miles Davis Original Signed 1958 Recording Contract

Miles Davis Original Recording Contract: a two-page agreement on Columbia Records letterhead, dated June 24 1958 — signed by the great jazz trumpeter in blue ink at the second page. The document engages Miles Davis to record the songs “Django, “The Jitterbug Waltz”,” ‘Round Midnight” and “Wild Man Blues” for Columbia ‘s European affiliate, Phillips, [...]