Concert celebrates jazz album anniversary Oct 13, 2009
Released 50 years ago, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue is the greatest selling jazz album of all time. And the only surviving original member of the band, Jimmy Cobb, and his "So What" Band are celebrating the milestone with a world tour. (University News, MO)
Flaming Lips double up on new 'Embryonic Oct 12, 2009
We were inspired by the electric period of Miles Davis, the era where he used all the feedbacky, freaked-out electric stuff, says Coyne ... We were inspired by the electric period of Miles Davis, the era where he used all the feedbacky, freaked-out electric stuff, says Coyne. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Martin David Jones Oct 8, 2009
FAVORITE MUSICIANS: Leonard Bernstein, Andre Previn, Claude Debussy, Arthur Rubinstein, John Adams and Miles Davis. FAVORITE CONCERT ATTENDED IN AUGUSTA: The Silk Road Ensemble, Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, 2008. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Miles Davis masterly Kind of Blue turns 50 Oct 7, 2009
Miles Davis masterly Kind of Blue turns 50 - Music- msnbc ... Miles Davis masterly Kind of Blue turns 50 ... Miles Davis is shown during recording session in 1959 for "Kind of Blue." "It's a record that sounds like it was made yesterday. It's as hip as anything on the planet," said Quincy Jones. (MSNBC -- Music)
'Kind of Blue' at 50: Behind Davis' Masterpiece Oct 7, 2009
Jimmy Cobb could hardly imagine he would be making history when he arrived at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio 50 years ago for the first of two recording sessions with Miles Davis ... But in 1959, Cobb - the last surviving musician in a group that included saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, and bassist Paul Chambers - regarded it "as just another Miles Davis record date.". (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Singer Joe Bagale draws on eclectic influences Oct 5, 2009
The Michael Jackson single "Another Part of Me" lays on the bed alongside the LP of Miles Davis' "Live Evil." A little picture of Frank Zappa, from the cover of his orchestral CD "The Yellow Shark," hangs on one wall, a framed image of the Beatles' "Abbey Road" on another. Stravinsky's "Firebird" shares shelf space with CDs by Tower of Power and King Crimson. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Drummer Cindy Blackman inspired by her idol Oct 5, 2009
Cindy Blackman had been playing drums for seven years when, at age 15, she first heard the phenomenal drumming of Tony Williams on a couple of Miles Davis albums recorded a decade earlier, when Williams himself was a teenager. The experience changed her life. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Jack DeJohnette is the keeper of the beat Oct 4, 2009
The time in Charles Lloyd s band, or the years with Miles Davis when the master went electric with Bitches Brew ... You could hear Miles Davis followed by Janis Joplin. (Boston Globe)
Free jazz performances planned Oct 3, 2009
A typical evening with The Commanders might include favorites from Duke Ellington, Woody Herman and Count Basie to Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to the sounds of todays greatest salsa groups and modern jazz groups, plus American show tunes and pop songs delivered by the groups enchantingly talented vocalist. Their renditions of hot jazz standards of any style feature rousing improvised solos from every instrument in the group. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Rudd and Turnbull reveal favourite tunes Oct 3, 2009
Popular with pollies. Frank Sinatra, Delta Goodrem and Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Sale features thousands of LPs Oct 2, 2009
Rare classics like Miles Davis' Bitches Brew generally aren't in the shop, instead housed at owner Mark Biega's boutique-style shop at Apple Hill Antiques. But there are many great LPs. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Groove with the Blue Oct 2, 2009
It was popularised by world-renowned artistes like Pat Metheny, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, Chick Corea and Jaco Pastorius Weather Report all immensely talented musicians who found even the conventions of traditional jazz music limiting. Unfortunately, the popularity of fusion jazz has dwindled in recent decades, and most young people wouldnt even know fusion if it was blasting on their iPod speakers. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Streisand gets nostalgic on latest CD Oct 2, 2009
"It's disturbing to see people, because if they're not totally enthralled I'm heartbroken, and I get sad and I go, 'Oh god, what am I doing wrong?'" Streisand didn't have to worry about that kind of reaction during a recent performance at the famed Village Vanguard, a tiny but historic jazz club in Manhattan's Greenwich Village where greats like Miles Davis performed (and where she tried, unsuccessfully, to perform nearly four decades ago) ... That was only after her good friend, Rick Edelstein,... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Blame Angelina Jolie Oct 1, 2009
I just thought I would ask, please excuse me I prefer Miles Davis to Jay-Z so I am not in touch with his lyrics. Dream_n. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Greer says New Orleans was best possible option Sep 25, 2009
The Ohio Players, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Marvin Gaye were among the performers who got him hooked. Greer said he has long been fascinated by other aspects of New Orleans as well, from the food to the old architecture to the festivals and the way people interact. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
127th AES Convention Charts Daily Lunchtime Keynotes Sep 25, 2009
Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece: Author Ashley Kahn, will present an informative perspective of this classic album as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. The best-selling classic jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue is the only jazz album to appear consistently at the top of greatest-album lists charted by rock, R pop music publications. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Music: the week ahead Sep 24, 2009
AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA The marvelous Boston-based big band opens its 37th season with a program titled All Blues, saluting the 50th anniversaries of two iconic recordings: Miles Davis s Kind of Blue and Charles Mingus s Mingus Ah Um. The program includes new arrangements of seminal compositions from those albums, as well as blues-based pieces from Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Aardvark s musical director Mark Harvey. (Boston Globe)
Bungie breaks down 'Halo 3: ODST' Sep 23, 2009
Some crazy Miles Davis stuff ... O'Donnell: There was one point where I hadn't really done anything yet and booted up an early part of the game and sure enough there was Miles Davis already playing in the game. (USA Today -- Tech)
Lorrie Moore’s ‘At Gate at the Stairs’ not entirely plausible Sep 20, 2009
She owns, and occasionally plays, an electric bass, knows lots of recent tunes and Miles Davis but also has the soundtrack of Oklahoma going in her head. She idly uses her roommate s vibrator to stir chocolate milk and has spent $45 to improve her bosom with a black Taiwanese bra padded with oil and water pouches. (Boston Globe)
A kick out of reading Sep 19, 2009
One of my favourite books is Miles Davis' autobiography. It touches on racism in America throughout the early 1900s and Davis' life, which was full of drug addiction, violence, music and coping with the role of being a successful black man during this era. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Critic's Picks: Jazz Sep 13, 2009
THE MUSIC OF JACK DEJOHNETTE Irreplaceable drummer DeJohnette emerged in the late 60s, a time of across-the-board innovation and exchange, and his credits ever since - with Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Lloyd, and for many years now Keith Jarrett, to name a few - reflect that open and willing spirit. He joins a Berklee band for a major retrospective of his work. (Boston Globe)
NEC toasts its unique niche Sep 13, 2009
Having awakened to jazz hearing Duke Ellington and gone on to work with Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and other luminaries, Schuller found it appalling that no full-fledged jazz degree program existed ... You play trumpet, you don t have to sound like Miles Davis. (Boston Globe)
* Rotten, to the core Sep 10, 2009
After they departed (Wobble in 1980, Levene in 1983), PiL went through several incarnations: on 1986s Album, Lydon worked with a bizarre selection of musicians, including guitar hero Steve Vai, Cream drummer Ginger Baker and even (although his contributions went unused) Miles Davis. The current PiL features two late-1980s members: guitarist Lu Edmonds and drummer Bruce Smith, plus one new arrival, multi-instrumentalist Scott Firth. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Malibu High Jazz Band in danger of cancellation Sep 10, 2009
Miles Davis must be rolling over in his grave. " Submit a Comment We encourage your feedback and dialog, all comments will be reviewed by our Web staff before appearing on the Web site.Name: Email: (optional) Comments:Image Verification: (Case sensitive) nput type="text" id="usernumber" name="usernumber" title="Please enter the numbers from the image to the left" size="5" /> Return to: | | Sections - - - - - - - - Online Features - - - - - - - Services - - - - - - - RSS is a format set up... (Malibu Times, CA)
Fall forward Sep 7, 2009
The diva of all divas re-emerges from retirement yet again to sing at the downtown club where the Brooklyn native opened for Miles Davis in 1961 ... The diva of all divas re-emerges from retirement yet again to sing at the downtown club where the Brooklyn native opened for Miles Davis in 1961. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Schussler lands deal for concept at Vegas casino Sep 4, 2009
In the book, Morgan wins a DC-3 airplane in an all-night poker game, then travels to New York, London, New Orleans and Havana with jazz icons such as Miles Davis and Max Roach. Schussler bought the restaurant licensing rights to the book five years ago and has been developing the concept since. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Monkey music? Only heavy metal Sep 3, 2009
The groups of cotton top tamarins were played a variety of music, including Bach, Led Zeppelin and Miles Davis, but they only reacted when heavy metal rock songs by Metallica were played. The study reported that the monkeys could tell the difference: For five minutes after hearing fear music, the monkeys displayed more symptoms of anxiety. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Research suggests monkeys are heavy metal fans Sep 3, 2009
They were seemingly disinterested in Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis and Bach, but after the dulcet tones of Master of Puppets by Metallica was played the tamarins calmed down. "Monkeys interpret rising and falling tones differently than humans. Oddly, their only response to several samples of human music was a calming response to the heavy-metal band Metallica," said Professor Charles Snowdon, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chris Connor; jazz vocalist known for ‘cellolike tones’ Sep 2, 2009
The interesting thing about Ms. Connor, said jazz critic Don Heckman, was that, She came along at a time when there was a concept of coolness coming into jazz - the Miles Davis Birth of the Cool recordings and the general sense of coolness that was associated with West Coast jazz, which was becoming very popular. The clear sound of her vibratoless vocals and her cool onstage manner always reminded me of the detachment of the [Alfred] Hitchcock heroines of the time. (Boston Globe)
A glance at: Jazz at Holmes Aug 31, 2009
I am very excited to see the Birth of the Cool event in October and the Miles Davis event in November, he said ... It might seem that music such as that of Scott Alberici, who performs music of the Swing Era, and music from Miles Davis cannot comfortably fit into one category of music, but both have played a part in the history and evolution of jazz music, Small said. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Marianne Taylor and the definition of cool Aug 29, 2009
That doesn t stop her, however, from plumbing the essence of cool and who and what embodies it, from Margaret Sanger to Miles Davis, Chia Pets to Crocs. Winner of Ms. magazine s 2005 Fiction Contest, Taylor teaches Visual Art and Media Literacy in the Brookline school system and is co-author of The Starving Artist s Survival Guide. (Boston Globe)
Island vibes Aug 28, 2009
There are also hints of jazz and funk, as Salta says, "from James Brown to Miles Davis to Herbie Hancock." Kapakahi has put out two albums, "Twisted, Bent sed" and its latest release, "Light Up." Dayao says the theme of "Light Up" is "being positive and staying motivated to do good deeds for others.". Line-up: Mike Dayao, lead vocals, guitars; Josh Hoover, saxophone, percussion; Chris Jones, bass, backup vocals; Lansky, emcee; Steve Salta, drums, percussion. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Eliane Elias Releases Two Gems On B... Aug 25, 2009
On the disc she plays many of the standards that he was known for playing including Waltz for Debbie, the classic My Foolish Heart, Solar and Blue In Green, both compositions of his one time employer Miles Davis. The disc also includes two versions of the title track, Something for You, which incidentally was a previously unknown track from Evans. (Suite101.com)
Hypocrisy, Hoaxes, and Human Smuggling Aug 22, 2009
Fifty years ago, Miles Davis and Bill Evans teamed up to explore the musical implications of a new form of improvisation called "modal jazz." The result was the best-selling, and perhaps best, jazz album of all time. 6) ": How the greatest wine hoax ever has diminished a brilliant British oenophile," by Mike Steinberger. (Slate)
Card catalog? For class of '13, times are changin' Aug 22, 2009
Author Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, Queen singer Freddie Mercury, "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, actor Michael Landon, Miles Davis, Martha Graham, Pan American Airways and The Dallas Times Herald have always been dead. 2. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Kind of Bloop: Miles Davis as Video Game Music Aug 20, 2009
Miles Davis probably never played Nintendo ... Chiptune music's lo-fi, bleepy asthetic works well with songs by Kanye West and MGMT, but not so much with someone like Miles Davis ... The site launched a few months ago, and to test it out Baio designed his own project: Miles Davis' entire Kind of Blue album performed with old school, 8-bit computer game sounds. (Time.com)
Legendary focuses on Jimi Hendrix Aug 20, 2009
Like picture projects involving musical icons like Janis Joplin and Miles Davis, there have been numerous rumored attempts to make a Hendrix film, with the names of musician-actors like Lenny Kravitz and Andre Benjamin floated. No one has yet locked down rights with Experience Hendrix, the estate which is run by the late musician's stepsister Janie Hendrix. (Variety)
Kind of Blue Aug 18, 2009
Miles DavisMiles Davis' , which was released 50 years ago today, is a nearly unique thing in music or any other creative realm: a huge hitthe best-selling jazz album of all timeand the spearhead of an artistic revolution ... When Miles Davis came to New York in 1945, at the age of 19, he replaced Gillespie as Parker's trumpeter for a few years and played very much in their style ... Photograph of Miles Davis by Dennis Stock/Magnum Photos. (Slate)
Miles at the Movies Aug 18, 2009
The best and worst uses of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue in the movies ... Miles Davis' is the best-selling jazz album of all time, and judging from its frequent appearance on television and in the movies, it's a particular favorite of filmmakers ... Eventually, however, she's convinced that he's not the scoundrel she thought he wasbut only after she discovers he's a Miles Davis fan. (Slate)
Give Nat 'King' Cole his due Aug 17, 2009
In fact, if Ken Burns' documentary "Jazz" had spent half as much time on Bird's and Miles Davis' drug addictions and put the time into Cole's huge contribution to jazz - which the film inexcusably ignores - it would have been an effort worthy of his projects such as "Baseball" and "The Civil War.". Cole continues to be denied his place. (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Jazz from a world away Aug 14, 2009
Their CD players were full of Miles Davis and David Binney. One student requested to work with Jensen when he heard that the teacher had worked with Lee Konitz, one of the student's idols. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
127th AES Convention Posts Awards Presentations Aug 14, 2009
Among the recipients of the Board of Governors Fellowship Awards is engineer Rudolph 'Rudy' Van Gelder, recognized for five decades of exceptional recordings of such legendary jazz artists as Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. "On the other end of the time line," Woszczyk said, "is a Board of Governors Award to the AES Web Development Group. Team leader Nick Zacharov; webmaster Steve Johnson; graphic designer Josh Tidsbury and copywriters Peter Cook and Michael Fleming will be... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Entertainer Spotlight on Andrew Allan Bentley (31) Aug 13, 2009
He remembers his father listening to the music of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Sly and the Family Stone and Isaac Hayes, but it was the news of the death of John Lennon that became the impetus for him to pick up guitar at the age of ten and learn Beatle songs. My mother took me to my first concert when I was 13. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Musical Activities in the ESL Class... Aug 11, 2009
For example, have a Mozart piano sonata CD for essay writing time, or play a little Miles Davis during reading activities. Performances. (Suite101.com)
Talking to Charlie Aug 11, 2009
I had a big jazz period where I was listening to lots of Miles Davis and John Coltrane and trad jazz. I don't really have any boundaries to my influences and what I take from. (BBC News -- Europe)
Woodstock: where are they now? Aug 10, 2009
Miles Davis rated them on par with Hendrix. Though the band recorded five Top 10 hits, his worsening cocaine habit and internal disputes undermined the band's reliability. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gillette has a jazz scene? Check it out Aug 9, 2009
The Rolling Stones, Miles Davis, Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennett, Willie Nelson and Pat Boone all have been a part of Bill Plummers musical background. In his 56 years working as a jazz artist, hes become a master of the string bass, upright bass, contra bass, double bass, electric bass and East Indian Sitar. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Cocaine found in Mays autopsy Aug 8, 2009
Her last performance at the club was in 1961 as the opening act for Miles Davis. (). (Boston Globe)
Barbra Streisand to Perform at New York's Fabled Village Vanguard for a Once-In-A-Lifetime Experience Aug 7, 2009
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In what promises to be a once-in-a lifetime thrill for a hundred of her luckiest fans, Barbra Streisand will celebrate the release of Love Is The Answer -- her new album of jazz standards and classics -- by singing a selection of these songs on Saturday, September 26 at New York's legendary Village Vanguard, where she last performed in 1961 as the opening act for Miles Davis. Free tickets to this history-making experience will be made available only to fans who... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Entertainer Spotlight on Roger King (41) Aug 7, 2009
Starting his own jazz quintet called King-Tet, he concentrated on the sound Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock produced during the early sixties cool jazz period. That s when I really, really grew as a musician, just playing straight ahead jazz. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Jazz composer George Russell dies at 86 Jul 29, 2009
BOSTON - Jazz composer George Russell, a MacArthur fellow whose theories influenced the modal music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died. His publicist says Russell, who taught at the New England Conservatory, died Monday in Boston at age 86 of complications from Alzheimers. (MSNBC -- News)
George Russell, 86; composer, theoretician led giants of jazz to fertile new lands Jul 29, 2009
One of his 1947 compositions helped launch the fusion of Latin rhythms and jazz, and his theoretical musings helped musicians such as trumpeter Miles Davis to stretch the boundaries of improvisation ... It wasn t in any way a jazz thing, but a way to appreciate the laws of tension and release, a way of understanding Bach, Ravel, and Stravinsky - and seeing Coltrane, Monk, and Miles Davis as musicians who were part of the same continuum ... Just like Miles Davis, he continued to update himself as... (Boston Globe)
Light-Switch Moments Jul 28, 2009
I am still listening to Prince, but I am listening to this collaboration he did with Miles Davis (ohh I love that man) If I was your girlfriend. I am going to change gears and head straight to Miles after this. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
* More jazz, less talk Jul 24, 2009
com) has recorded and toured with everyone from Miles Davis and Dianne Reeves to James Brown and Steely Dan. He is also known as a session player and composer for Hollywood films, including Pixars WALL-E and Finding Nemo. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
"Straight No Chaser" The Music of M... Jul 20, 2009
"Straight No Chaser" The Music of Miles Davis. "Straight No Chaser" The Music of Miles Davis ... The music of Miles Davis is not for the classic bebopper, the blues- drenched jazz buff, or the faint of heart who are still in a state of paralyzed confusion. (Suite101.com)
Herman Leonard photographed the greats of 20th-century jazz Jul 17, 2009
An ailing Miles Davis at the Montreux festival in 1991, and Dexter Gordon wreathed in smoke at a New York club in 48 ... His subjects range from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. (Boston Globe)
The Best Year in Jazz Ever Jul 17, 2009
1959: When Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus Ruled Jazz ... 1959: When Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus Ruled Jazz This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most creative moments in the history of American music; the year when jazz was at its peak ... Miles Davis , John Coltranes , Ornette Colemans , Dave Brubecks and two by Charles Mingus, and. (Slate)
Let me school you about preppies Jul 16, 2009
When the Gap started push ing khakis over a decade ago, I d see billboards with the coolest of the cool - Miles Davis - in khakis. Jazz legends like Davis and Chet Baker, I have on good authority, wore preppy clothes. (Boston Globe)
Entertainer Spotlight on Julius and Sylvia (26) Jul 16, 2009
He cites early influences as Chet Baker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Howard Roberts. His dreams of joining the Army Band were dashed when an ulcer was discovered during an examination. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
The Trouble With Greatness Jul 14, 2009
But on the other hand, I absolutely adore Miles Davis. So I pack away my thoughts about him beating his wife and his misogyny, about how he raised a hand to the fabulously elegant Cicely Tyson on more than one occasion. (Slate)
Sonic Spotlight: Gerry Eisenberg Jul 9, 2009
FAVORITE ARTISTS: Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Rachmaninoff, Verdi, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong. From the Thursday, July 09, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle Reader Comments Note: Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of The Augusta Chronicle. (The Augusta Chronicle)
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for July 8 Jul 8, 2009
The band headlined a "who's who" of future jazz stars, including Dizzy Gillispie, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker, as well as singer Sarah Vaughn. Eckstine also recorded a number of vocal hits, with his rich baritone, and even invented a popular, widely-flared shirt collar, known as the "Mr. B. Collar." Bop recordings are still among the classics bought by jazz fans -- who purchase about 3 percent of recordings each year. (PR Newswire)
A violinist's real-life spy story Jul 8, 2009
As well as her acclaimed performances and recordings of the classics, Mullova is known for expanding both into baroque violin and versions of jazz and pop songs from the likes of Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, the Beatles, the Bee Gees and Alanis Morissette. "When I travel I listen to everything - world music and jazz and pop and rock," she says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Now He's Home Jul 8, 2009
He was no Miles Davis. No James Baldwin. (Slate)
The poster boy for grace under pressure Jul 2, 2009
It isn t just that Federer is the Joe DiMaggio of tennis; it s that he s the Miles Davis of tennis. Watching Federer in action is like watching Davis in concert - you feel as if you re being given a lesson in how to live a life as well as how to swing a racket or play a trumpet. (Boston Globe)
