Miles Davis / The Album Covers

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

Miles Davis And Kind Of Blue Celebrated By Artist Sam Nhlengethwa

I missed this item last year, but I’m quite happy to circle back and feature some truly beautiful artwork the celebrates Miles Davis and Kind of Blue. Back in August, Sam Nhlengethwa paid homage to Miles Davis in a solo exhibition of new drawings, prints and paintings at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg. With its [...]

Miles Davis Talks About Art And Paintings

The 1988 interview with Miles Davis talking about his art and paintings was recorded by YouTube user RedPortiaOne. via

Miles Davis / In Pictures

Miles Davis / The Album Covers

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

The Miles Davis Online Interview: Heath Killen

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Miles Davis / The Album Covers

1957 Esquire Records Changes: Rare, original 1957 UK Esquire label 4-track mono LP, a little known recorded set first issued as ‘Miles Davis & The Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet’ on Prestige the previous year, also starring Ray Bryant, Percy Heath, Arthur Taylor & Jackie McLean. via * sessions, commercial releases, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** [...]

Miles Davis / In Pictures

I recently stumbled upon this lovely shot of Miles Davis inside the msn.com music portal. “Offstage, Miles Davis relaxes in front of one of his canvases in the ’80s, his trumpet exchanged for painter’s brushes.” Don’t believe I’ve ever seen Miles wearing overalls. But I like it! © Jeff Sedik/Retna UK

Miles Davis Album Cover Gets Typographic Upgrade

Talented, Miami-based graphic designer Pedro Sarmiento was kind enough to let me post some photos of his recent class project; a redesign of the CD cover for the Miles Davis album Blue Haze. Writes Sarmiento: We were not allowed to use any images, only typograpy. I decided to use the word haze as the idea [...]

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 [...]

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

The Miles Davis Online Interview: Hyatt Moore

(Artist Series, Volume 14) Right there in the thick of the delightful Hyatt Moore gallery of paintings, comfortably resting among the enchanting still-lifes and vibrant abstracts, is a glorious oil on panel painting of Miles Davis. I’m best described as a recent, though instant, fan of the painter Hyatt Moore; initially drawn in by the [...]

Miles Davis / The Album Covers

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

Miles Davis Artwork Set For London Exhibition

Miles Davis will have his last remaining 100 original drawings and oil paintings showcased at Gallery 27 in Cork Street Mayfair from December 7 to December 12. Many of his paintings reflect his well documented fascination with and love of women, together with evocations of African tribal art. This work, since his death, has been [...]