Miles Davis Is GQ’s Most Stylish Musician Of All Time
1. Miles Davis Long before he affected shoulder-padded MC Hammer jackets and Jheri curls, Miles put it together with a poise and ease befitting the baddest mother in the business. Hard to argue. link.
Miles Davis | Around The Web
A Weekly Round-Up Of Miles Davis News & Notes 1. The New York Times Reviews “Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1,” Miles Davis, Live at the Apogee: No jazz musician has been more diligently organized or effectively monetized in the afterlife than Miles Davis, who died in 1991 on the cusp of [...]
Terence Blanchard: “Miles Davis was a person who epitomized what it meant to be a jazz artist”
Terence Blanchard, whom I like a lot, recently spoke with the Los Angeles Times about his influences. Miles Davis is on that list. “Miles was a person who epitomized what it meant to be a jazz artist. “He was uncompromising. He was a person who didn’t look back and didn’t let his decisions be swayed [...]
Miles Davis’ Chili Makes A Comeback
Chef Jonathan Dixon (he cooks at ‘Cue restaurant in Saugerties, NY) is a big fan of Miles Davis. Without jumping into too much detail, let me just say that over at the new Gilt Taste website, Dixon decides to make Miles’ recipe for chili, which he found while reading John Szwed’s Davis biography – So [...]
Miles Davis Featured In Latest Issue Of Uncut Magazine
I’m a big fan of Uncut magazine. Their September 2011 issue is especially excellent because they feature Miles Davis in their always interesting Album By Album feature. With great commentary from the likes of Jimmy Cobb, Jack Dejohnette and Bill Evans, Uncut spotlights the ‘jazz king of cool’s greatest works.’ So of course we get [...]
Miles Davis Is Under Arrest Pt. 2
In Miles Davis Is Under Arrest, we posted a photo from the infamous night of August 25, 1959, when Miles Davis, while taking a break outside the legendary Birdland nightclub in New York City, was beaten by the police and arrested. I just stumbled upon a photograph of that night I have not seen before. [...]
Miles Davis At Isle Of Wight Is One Of The ’50 Key Events In The History Of Jazz Music’
So says The Guardian, which lists the Miles Davis performance on August 29, 1970 in front of 600,000 people at the Isle of Wight at #38 in their series of the 50 key events in the history of Jazz music. Writes Richard Williams: The coolest man on the planet took the stage at the Isle [...]
The Legacy Of The 1955-56 Miles Davis Quintet
Mick Carlon has penned an absolutely terrific article for JazzTimes about the Miles Davis Quintet of 1955-1956. Carlon revisits the legacy of the trumpeter’s influential group with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. Here’s a snippet: The quintet—or, as many critics referred to it: The Quintet—recorded their first-to-be-released album on November [...]
Happy Birthday Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991
Miles Davis Should Get A Google Doodle To Celebrate 85th Birthday
According to a quick Google search, it appears that Miles Davis has yet to receive a Google Doodle. I know. It’s hard to believe. But now Google and their talented team of designers can make things right with a Doodle dedicated to the jazz legend for what would be his 85th birthday next week (May [...]
Miles Davis In Ebony Magazine, January 1961
If you ever stumble across a January 1961 copy of Ebony magazine please secure it immediately because it features not only those old-school print ads that are fun to look at but also a fantastic article about Miles Davis. It’s probably a long-shot to get a copy of the original print magazine, but lucky for [...]
Miles Davis Play Set For Workshop Production This Weekend In Los Angeles
Last year I posted an interview with Greg Machlin, who wrote a terrififc play called Seven Days: a Fantasia on the Life of Miles Davis. I had written about the play earlier when it was playing at the UI Theatre Building on the campus of Iowa University. “Seven Days: a Fantasia on the Life of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
