Miles Davis / In Pictures

Miles Davis, right on trumpet, Richard Davis, replaced Ron Carter on that dates on bass, and Herbie Hancock, on piano, performing at the Oriental Theater near Portland State College May 21,1966 Portland, OR. © David Hume Kennerly

Miles Davis Gets Tribute From Chicago Dance Company

Kate O’Neil, writing for the Lansing State Journal, has the story of the River North Chicago Dance Company, which comes to Wharton Center Thursday. The highlight of that performance will be the world premiere of ‘Simply Miles, Simply Us,’ a tribute to Miles Davis. The dance was co-commissioned by Wharton Center and the Auditorium Theatre [...]

The Miles Davis Movie: A Trio Of Awesome Unofficial Teaser Posters

I really don’t know what to write. Michael Stadtlender’s latest poster designs for the Miles Davis Biopic need no commentary from me. His trio of designs are just about perfect. I love all three. One has a very distinct Saul Bass style, which I love, but really I am enamored with all three. Stadtlender’s latest [...]

Getty Images: Inside The Miles Davis Collection

(pt. 10 in a series) Title: Photo of Miles Davis Date created: 01 Jan 1950 Click here to view the awesome PHOTO!

The Miles Davis Movie: And Yet Even More Very Cool Unofficial Teaser Posters

This is why I love Miles Davis. This is why I love producing this website. This is why I love knowing that among the people all over the world who also love Miles Davis – some of them are supremely talented artists! Earlier this year our talented friend Julien Trédan-Turini designed an awesome teaser poster [...]

Miles Davis: A Short Story

New Orleans writer, filmmaker and educator Kalamu ya Salaam recently penned an outstanding short story about Miles Davis — with audio. A moderator for neo•griot, an information blog for black writers, as well as Breath of Life, a black music website, Kalamu was very kind to allow me to re-post the complete short story. There’s [...]

Miles Davis and Easy Mo Bee

I like this song more today than I did yesterday.

Miles Davis To Get Multimedia Tribute In Southern California

Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts (formerly Orange County Performing Arts Center) will play host to The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959 – A Collaboration with Blue Note Records, a musical event that pays tribute to Miles Davis with live performance, archival images, film and recordings. The multimedia experience traces Miles’ most notable tracks from 1949 [...]

The Miles Davis Movie: Filming The Playboy Interview

It’s a stretch. I grant you that. But we’re still so far out on any significant movement for the Miles Davis Movie, a little conjecture is what keeps me going. Alex Haley’s ‘candid conversation with the jazz world’s premier iconoclast’ in the September 1962 issue was the first Playboy Interview (Volume 9, Number 9) and [...]

Miles Davis Is Artist Philip Burke’s Favorite Subject

But it is his portrait of Miles Davis, rather than any politician or rock star that Burke describes as his favorite subject. “Miles, Miles, Miles: There is something about his fiercely independent spirit and look in his eyes that really inspired me,” he said. Though Davis is long dead, Burke still manages to find the [...]

Miles Davis | Around The Web

A Weekly Round-Up Of Miles Davis News And Notes 1. Miles Davis’ ‘Birth of the Cool’ heats up again “It remains one of the most revered albums in jazz history, a recording that has seduced generations with its warmly glowing tone and coyly alluring melodies. So you’d think musicians might be wary of performing Miles [...]

Miles Davis / In Pictures

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra To Perform The Complete Sketches Of Spain Album

Last month we posted the news that the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra would pay tribute to jazz legend Miles Davis with a special concert in May. And now we know exactly what the ASO will be performing. Conducted by Joe Muccioli, the orchestra program will feature the complete Sketches of Spain album. That is going to [...]

You Can Learn A lot From Miles Davis: Cooking Edition

Regina Charboneau delivers a fine article over at The Atlantic’s website about what a chef can learn from Miles Davis. Writes Charboneau: “What Miles knew inherently as a jazz musician, as cooks often learn though experience and time, was restraint, or, simply put, “less is more.” Here’s Charboneau’s recipe for Broiled Oysters with Beurre Blanc [...]

Miles Davis Featured On The Popdose Weekly Mixtape

PopDose is a longtime favorite music website of mine. Back when it was Jefitoblog I was lucky enough to contribute a few music ‘Guide’ entries. But I digress… Today I am happy to report that writer Chris Holmes has included Miles Davis into The Weekly Mixtape, this week featuring some of ‘the best jazz music’ [...]