Miles Davis Featured In ‘Style of Music’ Poster Series

It’s already cool enough that EveryGuyed is presenting ‘Ensemble: The Style of Music,’ a series of posters featuring ionic outfits from 20 male musicians. Designed by Glenn Michael of Moxy Creative House, and illustrated by James Alexander, the prints are available here. But even cooler, one of the 20 iconic musicians is – hello! – [...]

The Blutch Drawings of Miles Davis

I know very little (see: nothing) about talented cartoonist, illustrator and scriptwriter Christian Hincker, who uses the pseudonym Blutch. From a quick web search I did learn that Blutch studied art in Strasbourg, where he was born, made his comic debut in the magazine Fluide Glacial in 1988 with ‘Pecos Jim’ and several short stories [...]

Miles Davis and the French Comic Book

The late great Mike Zwerin tells us about Miles Davis and the French comic book: “The French love American art forms that America has ignored — jazz and comic books of the 1950s and 1960s, for example. Robert Crumb and Miles Davis were stars in France long before America. The French record company Nocturne has [...]

The Miles Davis Movie – In Four Frames

I really like this blog — Movies In Frames. It’s basically a presentation of various films chiseled down into four frames. There are loads of great examples, covering a wide variety of movies. The three versions for “Alien” are quite good. I also like Every Which Way But Loose and the trio created for Memento. [...]

Google Honors Dizzy Gillespie with Doodle

Iconic jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie would have been 93 today, so Google has dedicated Thursday’s doodle to the famed musician. I’m a devoted fan of Dizzy Gillespie, so this is a terrific, artistic honor by Google. But where is the Miles Davis doodle? C’mon! * The Miles Davis Movie: Who Is Going To Play Dizzy [...]

Miles Davis Quintet – Agitation

Miles Davis / The Album Covers

* sessions, commercial releases, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…

Miles Davis / In Pictures

A Street Corner Named Miles Davis: Former Neighbor Wants To Name NYC Corner After The Jazz Legend

The street address ’312 West 77th Street’ in New York City’s Upper West Side was home to Miles Davis for about 25 years. Now a former neighbor wants to name a nearby corner after the jazz icon. And to that we say ‘huzzah!’ What a grand idea. Writing at DNAinfo.com, Leslie Albrecht has the story [...]

Five Eras In Miles Davis’ Career Featured In Monthlong Musical Tribute

We’ve missed the first two shows, but three more to go on the Five Weeks For Miles schedule, award-winning trumpet player Brownman Ali’s 5-week, monthlong tribute to Miles Davis at Toronto’s Trane Studio. During the five Fridays in October, Brownman leads five different all-star ensembles covering five musical eras of Miles Davis’ legendary career. Week [...]

Miles Davis Biopic Adds Kevin Navayne To Cast

I was under the impression there had not been any casting for the Miles Davis Biopic, aside from Don Cheadle playing the lead role. After a random search for anything new on the project, I discovered that relative newcomer Kevin Navayne is listed as the actor who will play Marcus Miller, the bassist/producer who worked [...]

Miles Davis / The Album Covers

* sessions, commercial releases, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…

The Genius of Miles Davis Gets A Price Cut, Still Expensive No Matter How Awesome

The Genius of Miles Davis is big, bold and jazz nirvana for Miles Davis fans; 43 discs scattered across eight box sets packaged in an individually-numbered, full-size trumpet case. It’s also expensive. Well, slightly less expensive now that Sony/Legacy has reduced the price from $1199.00 to $749.00. It seems the folks at Legacy Recordings were [...]

Iggy Pop, Paul Weller And Other Musicians Discuss Their Favorite Miles Davis Albums

The Quietus presents a nice collection of artists discussing their favorite Miles Davis albums. Composer Ennio Morricone has this to say: “I love Miles Davis. I couldn’t decide on one favourite album of his but he is what I would call a genius.” Check out the feature to read what Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Paul [...]