Jazz Articles about Miles Davis

Miles of Miles: Nefertiti, In a Silent Way & Bitches Brew

by Russ Musto
May 15, 2010

Miles DavisNefertitiSony-Legacy2009 Miles DavisIn a Silent WaySony-Legacy2009 Miles DavisBitches BrewSony-Legacy2009 Taken together, Nefertiti, In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew, recorded over a period of slightly more than two years from June of 1967 to August of 1969, present a reasonably representational overview of the (r)evolution ...

Miles Davis - Sonny Rollins: The Classic Prestige Sessions - 1951-1956

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 28, 2009

"Ritratto di artisti da giovani," questo potrebbe essere il sottotitolo di The Classic Prestige Recordings, 1951-1956, doppio CD che raccoglie le registrazioni di Miles Davis e Sonny Rollins per la storica etichetta di Bob Weinstock. Il trombettista aveva alle sue spalle la collaborazione con Parker, durante la quale aveva mostrato in forma grezza le sue doti principali (il timbro, l'originalità melodica), ma si era attirato critiche per alcune insicurezze tecniche e un limitato approfondimento armonico. La successiva esperienza cool consentì ...

Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (Box con 70 CD e 1 DVD)

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 30, 2009

Non si può restare indifferenti di fronte ad una pubblicazione come questa. In un momento di grande difficoltà per l'industria discografica, la Sony butta il cuore oltre l'ostacolo e se ne esce con un monumentale cofanetto che raccoglie tutta la produzione di Miles Davis per la Columbia, diventata nel frattempo Sony. Quindi prima di tutto un plauso va a Steve Berkovitz, il supervisore della serie Columbia Legacy che ha coordinato tutte le ristampe del materiale di Miles Davis degli ultimi ...

"Birth of the Cool:" Bob Perkins Lectures and the Don Wilson Trio Performs

by Victor L. Schermer
November 19, 2009

Birth of the CoolPerformed by The Don Wilson TrioLecture by Bob PerkinsOctober 25, 2009The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA

This writer could think of no better way to spend an autumn Sunday afternoon than to stroll over to the fabled Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to hear the revered local disc jockey Bob Perkins reflect upon the groundbreaking Miles Davis album, Birth of the Cool, while tunes were performed ...

Miles Davis: Miles & Kind of Blue

by Stuart Broomer
November 7, 2009

Miles Davis Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet Prestige Year Miles Davis Kind of Blue:Legacy Edition Columbia/Legacy Year

In 1955, after a few years working with pick-up bands and fuelled by a legendary comeback appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, Miles Davis assembled the band that's since become known as the ...

Miles. La autobiografía

by AAJ Staff
November 1, 2009

La editorial barcelonesa Alba lleva desde hace años publicando en castellano una estupenda serie de libros dedicados a la música, con especial incidencia en el jazz. Gary Giddins, Ashley Kahn y Laurent de Wilde han sido algunos de los autores que han visto sus libros traducidos en cuidadas ediciones. Entre sus últimas novedades no estrictamente jazzísticas destacan la autobiografía de Ravi Shankar, Mi música, mi vida, y la considerada biogfrafía definitiva de Michael Jackson, firmada por J. Randy Taraborrelli.

Miles Davis: Unlimited Miles

by Bill King
September 29, 2009

I can't think of an artist who has had greater influence over jazz the past forty years than Miles Davis. For music, style, language and business, Davis was at the top of the game. One to never step aside and let critics dissuade or impede his aspirations, he constantly retooled his band with the brightest most gifted young players of the moment. There are those who will argue that Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Oscar ...