Miles Davis And The Road To Success
I’m re-posting this great article I found over at Prevential, Derek Halpern’s online resource for success driven individuals. Matt Rodela put together a great article called A Lesson in Cool: What Miles Davis Taught Us About Success. A jazz fan with a penchant for entrepreneurship, Rodela illustrates how music and business are connected. It’s an [...]
The Hands Of Miles Davis
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Miles Davis / The Boxer
[Part 3 in a series of posts featuring articles, photographs and opinions about the relationship between the sport of boxing and the life and music of Miles Davis] The latest installment and excerpt is from Scoop Malinowski. The writer decided to research Miles Davis and what he said about ‘the art of pugilism’ in John [...]
Miles Davis In St. Louis: 1953 Interview
Here is something really terrific. Lockwood & Summit features a great (and quite rare) audio interview of Miles Davis on KXLW in East St. Louis from 1953. Miles was visiting with DJ Harry Frost on his ‘Fresh Air’ show. David Hill at the always enjoyable Jazz Hot House sums it up best: “Totally bizarre to [...]
Miles Davis Tune Works Surprisingly Well Over Freestyle BMX Footage
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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 – Jack Johnson
Miles Davis | Jack Johnson Date: 1971 Description: Original newspaper LP promo ad for Miles Davis and his 1971 album Jack Johnson. via
Miles Davis – Fillmore 1970
Miles Davis | Fillmore 1970 Date: 1970 Description: Original full page promotional ad for Miles Davis At Fillmore LP. via
Miles Davis – UCLA 1967
Miles Davis | UCLA 1967 Original newspaper concert article for Miles Davis at the Pauley Pavillion UCLA from 1967. via
Miles Davis / In Pictures
Miles Davis Arriving In Paris
If they’d let me embed the clip I would have, but my goodness please go enjoy 41 seconds of footage from 1963 of Miles Davis arriving in Paris. Please! VIDEO LINK: Arrivée à Paris de Miles Davis In French: A Paris, arrivée de Miles DAVIS à la gare Saint Lazare accompagné de sa femme. A [...]
Miles Davis And Philip Seymour Hoffman And A Pool In NYC
This is a great story from actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Via ContactMusic.com, here is the breakdown from Hoffman about his encounter with Miles Davis when the jazz legend was swimming in the pool where he was a lifeguard. The actor recalls, “I was a lifeguard in my early 20s at this place, the Metropolitan Towers… [...]
A Story That Incudes Miles Davis, A Tokyo Airport, John Oates And John Oates’ Mustache
I love Miles Davis. No big surprise there. I also love Hall & Oates. So when I was directed by The Daily Swarm to this New York Magazine article about Daryl Hall that features a segment on John Oates saying goodbye to the famous mustache and bumping into Miles Davis in a Tokyo airport — [...]
Miles Davis Inspires New Dance Project
Carrie Seidman, of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, writes: Ballet icon George Balanchine’s dictate that one should “see the music, hear the dance” will play out creatively this weekend when Fuzión Dance Artists and Jazz Juvenocracy combine forces to present “The Miles Project,” a tribute to jazz musician Miles Davis. The respected group of six young local [...]
Miles Davis 2011: A Look Ahead
Miles Davis Biopic: With a possible release date (according to IMDB) sitting comfortably on the 2013 calendar, it’s no surprise news is fleeting. It didn’t stop me from starting a blog about it in 2008! Boy was I early to the party. Nevertheless, 2010 closed with an unexpected bang of news about the slow-moving biopic. [...]
