The Miles Davis Movie: A New Unofficial Teaser Poster To Enjoy
Our friend Michael Stadtlender has designed seven really outstanding unofficial teaser poster designs for Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis Biopic. It’s a pleasure for me to publish the work on Miles Davis Online. If I’m the person down the road charged with marketing the film, I would absolutely seek out talents like Stadtlender, along with Julien [...]
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Jose Mardi
(Artist Series Volume 18) I cannot say I know much about collage art. But after viewing the delightful work of Jose Mardi, I definitely want to know more, see more. And there is no better place to start enjoying sensational collage artwork than on Mardi’s Flickr page, which features dozens and dozens of brilliant, jazz [...]
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Jesse Watson
(Artist Series, Volume 17) Stumbling across the Internet and discovering a talented artist and author like Jesse Watson really makes my day. Sure, he features outstanding Miles Davis paintings, which is what led me to his official website in the first place, but all of his artwork – which includes wonderful collections like Jazz & [...]
Miles Davis, Sketched
(pt. 2) I was fortunate recently to make the acquaintance of talented actor and artist Chris R. Wright. The London-based Wright features a terrific collection of sketches on his website, each produced with a ballpoint pen on watercolour paper. Biro is the word commonly known to describe this type of artistic sketching. Among the collection [...]
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Michael Stadtlender
(Artist Series, Volume 17) Before I delve into my introduction of Michael Stadtlender, I just want to say that if I were running the show on the Miles Davis Movie, I would absolutely run a contest to have people design the movie poster. Maybe the winner gets his or her design published in a magazine, [...]
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Yuriy Shevchuk
(We have featured 16 amazing artists so far in the Artist Series. Here is a re-post of the first one – featuring the talented Yuriy Shevchuk) Yuriy Shevchuk’s artwork is wonderful; modern art so full of charm, sophistication and style blended with a delightful harmony of color. Among his excellent gallery of oil, watercolor and [...]
Miles Davis, Sketched
Here is a wonderful sketch I found of Miles Davis at Ruth Mowry’s artistically excellent Synch-ro-ni-zing blog. Her sketch design of the jazz legend is clean and decisive; it’s a strong visual. © Ruth Mowry
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Jamie Parslow
I had an instant reaction to Jamie Parslow’s photography: the work is honest and immediate. In my search for Miles Davis art and photography, I found Parslow, and with him not only three, marvelous photographs of the jazz legend, but a lovely assortment of photographs taken throughout a long, exciting career; presently residing in Norway, [...]
Miles Davis Sculpture Donated To Youngstown State University
Harry Meshel, a member of the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees, former president of the Ohio State Senate and a long-time fan of jazz, has donated sculptures of three legendary musicians to the Jazz Studies program in the Dana School of Music. The sculptures by artist Ed Dwight depict Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and [...]
Discover Jazz Festival Launches Contest To Re-Imagine Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew Album Art
Attention artists and/or Miles Davis fans! The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival (June 3 – June 12) is issuing a request for submissions from visual artists for artwork re-imagining the original album cover for Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew. The artwork will be displayed in conjunction with the Bitches Brew Revisited performance on June 3 and throughout [...]
Miles Davis: In Just Four Icons
Madison, WI-based designer Kyle Tezak has a great website. One of his ongoing projects is The Four Icon Challenge. The goal is to use just four icons at a time to represent some of his favorite films, books, etc. It’s minimal, it’s cool and it’s awesome! I think ‘The Great Gatsby’ is my favorite of [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
