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The Miles Davis Movie: Yet Another Very Cool Unofficial Teaser Poster

Earlier this year our talented friend Julien Trédan-Turini designed an awesome teaser poster for the Miles Davis Biopic. And now, graphic designer Heath Killen delivers a kick-ass design of his own for a teaser poster. I mentioned the classic Miles pose from the cover of The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions awhile back when discussing movie [...]

Miles Davis 2011: A Look Ahead

Miles Davis Biopic: With a possible release date (according to IMDB) sitting comfortably on the 2013 calendar, it’s no surprise news is fleeting. It didn’t stop me from starting a blog about it in 2008! Boy was I early to the party. Nevertheless, 2010 closed with an unexpected bang of news about the slow-moving biopic. [...]

Have A Very Merry Miles Davis Christmas

Let Them Eat Miles Davis Birthday Cake!

Here’s something I missed earlier this year. East St. Louis Mayor Alvin L. Parks threw a party to commemorate the 84th birthday of Miles Dewey Davis III. The event, which took place in Parks’ office, honored the jazz legend and paid tribute to the role the city played during his formative years. Davis was born [...]

Miles Davis At The 18th Pct., 1970

I look at a lot of Miles Davis photos. There are some on the internet I have scanned hundreds of times; there’s tons of amazing photographs of the jazz legend online, but after awhile you start seeing the same images over and over. Fans of Miles are lucky because between stock agencies like Getty Images, [...]

Better Miles Davis Album: Kind of Blue vs. Bitches Brew

They are both legendary, so really it’s a wash. The more traditional jazz listener might lean towards “Kind of Blue”, but “Bitches Brew” is no less thrilling in its own right. Writer/jazz critic Will Layman kindly helped me find this fine debate on wnyc.org between he and Ashley Kahn that puts the iconic “Kind of [...]

The Miles Davis Movie: Should Don Cheadle Be Working On This Pose?

What? It’s a legitimate question. It’s a classic image of Miles Davis; leg slung over the folding chair, cigarette in hand and contemplating lord knows what… About the biopic, Don Cheadle promises a movie that’s “on the edge and feels a little bit dangerous.” This photo is dangerous!

The Miles Davis Movie: Script Ready, Now It’s About The Money

The Hollywood Reporter’s Shirley Halperin has a nice, detailed update on the Miles Davis Biopic. “We just turned in the script and we’re going to find some money to make this thing,” Cheadle told The Hollywood Reporter at a party to celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Bitches Brew.” “Now is a good time, 10 years [...]

…And Then Miles Davis Played On That Toto Song In The ’80s

No idea! And I even like Toto. Miles Davis really shines on this track from Toto’s “Fahrenheit” album from 1986. You can also catch Miles playing the song live on the “Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991″ box set. I found some interesting notes about how Miles connected with the band from Toto guitarist Steve [...]

Hey, What’s Don Cheadle Doing?*

Via Deadline.com- Academy Award-nominated actor Don Cheadle has signed on to star in the pilot for HOUSE OF LIES, a half-hour, dark comedy created and written by Matthew Carnahan (Dirt) from the hit tell-all book House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time by Martin Kihn, which will go [...]

Miles Davis Christmas Gift Guide!

Miles Davis – “The Genius of Miles Davis” $799.00 Get it here! We Want Miles: Miles Davis vs. Jazz Written by Vincent Bessieres and Franck Bergerot $50.00 Get it here or here or here! Miles Davis : Bitches Brew (40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) $124.98 Get it here! Miles Davis Promo Print $100 Get it here! [...]

Art: Miles Davis’s Last Addiction

‘It’s like therapy for me, and it keeps my mind occupied with something when I’m not playing music,’ the jazz great explained of his other splurge of artistic talent. via Art – Miles Davis’s last addiction | The Guardian

I Think We Could All Use “a bit more Miles Davis”

Interesting business story on BusinessJournalism.org about Miles Davis and the effectiveness of his longtime association with the notion of ‘cool.’ Alan Deutschman’s article finds him at the Eleven Madison Park restaurant in New York. During a tour of the kitchen, he notices a large photograph of Miles Davis. It turned out that four years earlier, [...]

Miles Davis Play In The Works; Q-Tip In The Lead Role

We might be seeing ‘Miles Davis‘ onstage long before we see his story on screen. This item actually hit the airwaves back in September, but we’re happy to dive in a few months late. In an interview with XXL, hip-hop star/actor Q-Tip reveals that he’s working on a play with author and filmmaker Nelson George [...]