Miles Davis, Music Discovery and ColorHits

In my daily, inspired pursuit of music discovery – both new and old -, I am most grateful for the many online platforms built to help me discover and share music. New to my arsenal of music discovery tools is ColorHits, a rather unique way to discover and connect to music. Shifting his web and [...]

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 & [...]

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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, 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 (Pt. 2): Erwann Gauthier

(Artist Series, Volume 17) Last year I had the pleasure to catch up with Erwann Gauthier, artistic director for Paris-based design studio Ezz-thetic. Gauthier was kind of enough to let me post two of his Miles Davis illustrations, which you can see here. It’d be tough for any creative type to stay away from Miles [...]

The Miles Davis Lounge Is As Cool As It Sounds

The Miles Davis Lounge, located inside the luxurious Kulm Hotel St.Moritz, is ‘a place for fans and music lovers.’ The Miles Davis Lounge, perfectly situated in the heart of St. Moritz, is also the latest addition to the Festival da Jazz; the fifth installment of the jazz festival in the elegant resort town of St.Moritz [...]

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 [...]