Jazz Articles about Miles Davis

Kinds of 'do: The Story of Miles Davis' Hair

by Eric J. Iannelli
April 1, 2004

Kinds of 'do: The Story of Miles Davis' Hair Ken CheveuxSchneider & Haar Publishers 2004

If you were too preoccupied with the master trumpeter's playing, you might have overlooked what more style-conscious fans noticed all along: Miles Davis' coif changed almost as radically as his music over the course of his five-decade career. Starting out in the clean-cut mold of the Birth of the Cool days, Davis' hair later thinned and morphed ...

Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l'eschafaud

by John Kelman
March 19, 2004

With the original soundtrack issued as side one of the 1958 Columbia LP release, Jazz Tracks , the complete session from Miles Davis' soundtrack recording to the 1958 Louis Malle film, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud has been out of print on CD for many years. Now Universal Music France has rectified that situation, reissuing the complete session in a beautiful 24-bit/96 kHz remastered version in a digipack complete with session photos and liner notes. Representing a more intimate and spontaneous side ...

Electric Miles: Danger, High Voltage

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Miles Beyond: Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991 Paul Tingen Watson-Guptill Pub ISBN: 0823083462

The new book by Paul Tingen on the music of Miles Davis is a long time in coming. How did a book like this take so long to come around? Let's not go there. The author has his own thoughts about the ignorance, stubbornness and prejudice of so many jazz writers. They're worth reading and he doesn't pull punches.

Miles: Ever Changing, Ever Perplexing

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Miles Davis and American Culture Gerald Early (Editor) Univ of Missouri Press ISBN: 1883982375

Miles Davis is such a dominating figure that he will probably be analyzed forever. His importance in music is obvious. As a performer, conceptualist, bandleader, trumpeter, guru – whatever – he stands as one of the most significant geniuses in music history, let alone 20th century music.The music, as Miles was fond of saying, speaks for ...

Miles, From the Eyes of a Friend

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Miles to Go Chris Murphy Thunder's Mouth Press ISBN: 1560253614

A new book on Miles Davis has hit the stands and it’s bound to garner some reaction because of its subject matter: another take on the Price of Darkness, or whatever moniker one wants to stick on the musical and mystical icon from East St. Louis. This one is a fast, breezy read about life on the road, written by Chris Murphy. ...

Miles and Me

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Miles and Me Quincy Troupe Univ of CA Press 200pp. 0520216245

After years of worship from afar, a young writer meets his idol at a party in a short matter-of-fact encounter that ends with the Black Prince sliding almost mysteriously out the door and into the night. A short time later he sees the icon on Broadway, around 81st Street. He calls out, hoping for a glimmer or recognition, ...

Stuff of Legends: Miles and Co. and Kind of Blue

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

From the first notes of Bill Evans piano intro it starts to hook you. The resonant tones from Paul Chambers bass tip-toe in and the head to “So What" is played. Then the warm, soulful trumpet enters as a resounding, but subtle, symbol crash from drummer Jimmy Cobb sets off the beginning of Miles Davis' solo and musical journey. That expedition doesn't last for just one song, but an entire album. And not just any album. It's Kind ...