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Future Perfect—3. Miles from the Center

by Blue Note Portal
October 28, 2026

The Altec Lansing speakers in the brownstone on West 77th Street went silent, but the hum in Miles Davis's skull refused to fade. He didn't call Teo Macero back right away. He paced. His hip fired sharp, white-hot needles down into his leg with every turn, a constant agony that a tumbler of cognac and two Percocets had barely softened. The line of cocaine on the glass coffee table was gone, but his jaw remained clenched tight.

Radio & Podcasts

From Plato's Cave to Señor Blues: new voices and classic tracks from Miles Davis, Lucas Walters, Clifford Jordan, Ruben Fox and more

by Adam Sieff
October 24, 2026

Tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan's Soul Fountain may once have been considered a relatively lightweight album compared with much of his work as a leader and sideman, but it's full of familiar tunes, funky grooves and Latin rhythms. His version of Horace Silver's “Señor Blues," featuring trumpeter Jimmy Owens and trombonist Julian Priester, is a particular highlight. From there, this edition of Jazz on the Beach moves between new releases and deeper catalogue discoveries, with Lucas Walters' “Plato's Cave," Tyler Henderson's ...

Live Review

Hyphen Dash At Satory-Saal

by Ian Patterson
October 3, 2026

Hyphen Dash Satory-Saal 12th European Jazz Conference Cologne, Germany September 26, 2026 Ukrainian band Hyphen Dash's performance at Cologne's storied Satory-Saal carried a significance that extended well beyond the music. Firstly, it was a reminder that no amount of Russian aggression will bring Ukraine to its knees, and that resistance takes many forms. Secondly, the fact that Hyphen Dash's punchy half-hour showcase set was taking place within the program of the 12th European Jazz ...

Radio & Podcasts

Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Flat Earth Society, Paolo Fresu & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 29, 2026

Countless ways to celebrate the electric era of Miles Davis.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Paolo Fresu “Orange" kind of LIVES (Tǔk) 0:16 Host talks 2:56 Flat Earth Society “It's About That Time" In a Silent Way (Zonk) 5:12 Miles Davis “Directions" Reference: Miles Davis' 3rd Quintet Bitches Brew Live 1969 in Europe (AlAy) 15:37 Tony Williams Lifetime “Spectrum" Reference: Emergency! (AlAy) 25:58 Host talks 34:52 The Big ...

Live Review

The Tension Is Where the Music Lives: Miles Davis at 100, Part 3

by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
August 26, 2026

Herbie Hancock Celebrates Miles Davis Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA August 19, 2026 The Hollywood Bowl began as a picnic ground called Daisy Dell, a canyon chosen for its acoustics, willed into being largely by women, chief among them Artie Mason Carter, a music teacher who believed music was for everyone and priced every seat at a quarter. It opened in 1922 and still seats around 17,500 under the open sky; the audience still arrives ...

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Boxes: Mass Market, Boutique, and Odd

by Patrick Burnette
August 20, 2026

Mike is swamped in Spain (with homework, not water), so Pat does an intermediary episode that is .5 by name, .5 by nature. He takes a look at five box sets in three completely made up categories and when he's done you'll still have time to go out for a nice dinner.Playlist Discussion of John Coltrane's album The Complete Village Vanguard 1961 Recordings (Impulse!) 4:00 Discussion of Charles Mingus' album Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (Atlantic) ...

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Fillmore Dreams, Part 2

by Blue Note Portal
August 8, 2026

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 The transition was not at all what Xample expected. Dr. Kovac had walked him through the neural integration protocol multiple times. He had read the technical documentation--all 1,400 pages of it. He had sat in the chamber on the seventy-seventh floor, felt the interface nodes calibrate against his temporal lobes, felt the gentle heat of the mapping sequence as it built a model of his sensorium. He had closed his ...