Miles Davis / The Album Covers
* sessions, commercial releases, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
we appreciate miles davis
Strolling through a wealth of amazing Miles Davis images on Flickr, I was happy to find this above shot from the terrific sfrances photostream. So many wonderful images to sort through it’s hard to know where to begin, but I was specifically interested in this Miles Davis-inspired graffiti/art. This photo was taken in 2006 using [...]
Miles Davis / The Album Covers
* sessions, commercial releases, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
Miles Davis, Master of Jazz
Miles Davis poster, from the self-published book Envisioning Blackness in American Graphic Design by designer/author Maurice Woods. The premise of this series of posters was to develop a visual language that could be shared as a general aesthetic for all black people. via
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 / The Album Covers
* sessions, commercial releases, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
Miles Davis / The Album Covers
* sessions, commercial releases, singles, reissues, compilations, live recordings… ** mostly just album covers i think look really cool…
And Your Favorite Miles Davis Album Cover Is?
* 69 Miles Davis album covers for your viewing pleasure. I might have missed an album here or there. And I did list two versions of the Miles Ahead album cover.
Moving Pictures: The Blue Note Album Covers
This video tribute to the legacy of Blue Note and designer Reid Miles is so awesome I refuse to even waste anyone’s time with my writing about it. The piece was conceived to promote a series of summer jazz concerts at the Bella Vista Social Pub in Siena, Tuscany. Okay, so there isn’t a Miles [...]
Miles Davis Posters Get The Saul Bass Treatment
Wow. These two posters from graphic design artist Loic Romer are terrific. I stumbled across his work recently on Flickr and had to ask Romer about the posters, which are a wonderful homage to the great Saul Bass, as well as Miles Davis. “I had to promote an event in Montreal,” says Romer, “and since [...]
Jazz Photographer Herman Leonard Dies At 87
Jazz scene photographer Herman Leonard, famous for his smoky, backlighted black-and-white photos of such greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 87. link Thank you, Herman. Rest in peace.
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: Michael Symonds
(Artist Series, Volume 13) Any painting of Michael Symonds is both unique and full of beautiful color. But the jazz paintings of Michael Symonds are extra special to me; the singularity and lush palette of colors that define each of his paintings combined with the portraits of talented musicians who helped shape the very foundation [...]
