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Like nearly every other jazz fan on the planet, I've long held an unshakeable fascination with the music of Miles Davis. Thirty years after his death, Miles's legacy, innovations and iconography ...
1990s Last Miles: Our 1991 Miles Davis Interview Written by SPIN Staff | May 26, 2021 - 3:07 pm ...
In 1969 Miles Davis started to use the credit “Directions in Music by Miles Davis” on his record sleeves as a statement asserting his creative control of the recording process. This article develops ...
From the driving rock force of "Directions" to the Hendrix-influenced "Mademoiselle Mabry" and the shimmering elegance of "Ascent," Davis and company were heading into the uncharted waters of music.
Hear Miles Davis’ Breezy, Newly Completed ‘Paradise’ From Lost Eighties Album Track comes from trumpeter's long-shelved 1985 LP 'Rubberband,' which will finally come out in full in September ...
A 12-member collective of noted U.K.-based musicians used “Bitches Brew” as a springboard, improvising a new LP after the pandemic thwarted a 50th anniversary celebration for the original.
Born in Alton, Illinois in 1926, legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis died on September 28, 1991 at the age of 65. To commemorate the anniversary of his passing, we’re republishing John Swenson ...
Watch a clip from the documentary "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool," directed by Stanley Nelson. Photo: Abramorama / Eagle Rock The opening of Stanley Nelson’s “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool ...