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Miles Davis: Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet

Read "Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 21, 2023

1955/56 was an inflection point in the career of Miles Davis. The trumpeter and bandleader went from a promising talent to the high profile face of jazz and popular music. The two marathon sessions, May 11 and October 26, 1956, that created Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet along with Cookin', Relaxin' and Steamin' might have been written off by Davis as a mere fulfillment of his contract duties for Prestige Records. He had signed a more lucrative contract with ...

Album Review

M. E. B.: That You Not Dare To Forget

Read "That You Not Dare To Forget" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
May 8, 2023

With all due respect to Lettuce's A Tribute to Miles Davis--Witches Stew (Self Produced, 2017) and the all-star ensemble dubbed Bitches Brew Revisited, M.E.B. (formerly known as Miles Electric Band) is an inordinately creative homage to Miles Davis. And given the continually experimental path The “Man With The Horn" chose to follow throughout his career, it is no doubt one of which he would approve. That You Not Dare To Forget is a slightly less than half-hour audio ...

Live Review

Birth of the Cool at 75: A Philadelphia Premiere at the Clef Club

by Victor L. Schermer
April 7, 2023

Orchestra 2001 Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts Birth of the Cool: A Philly Premiere, 75 Years Later Philadelphia, PA March 29, 2023 The advanced publicity for this exciting historically-based concert must have hit the pleasure centers of many fans, as it sold out on the second day after tickets became available. Was the rush to the box office the result of the cult-like status of the Birth of the Cool ...

Album Review

Jimi Hendrix/Miles Davis: Rainy Day Chillin'

Read "Rainy Day Chillin'" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
April 1, 2023

Amid the swirling collateral from the societal and musical fever dream of the late 1960's, one could never tell who would show up at your door bearing gifts. Nor would you know for sure exactly how potent those gifts were. Within its thirty-eight minutes of chemically induced melancholia, magic, and spontaneous genius, Rainy Day Chillin' bears testimony to that and so much more. The upcoming Netflix doc goes likes this: In a penthouse atop the Hotel Navarro overlooking ...

Just For Fun

Miles Davis & Bob Dorough: Tappin'!

by Ian Patterson
April 1, 2023

There is no end, it seems, to the stream of posthumous Miles Davis releases, with this live recording coming hot on the heels of The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 That's What Happened 1982-1985. But this one is very different. In fact, it is safe to say that there has never been a Davis recording quite like this one. For twenty-nine minutes, Davis and singer/pianist Bob Dorough trade back and forth, ply intricate unison lines and push each other to ever ...

Radio & Podcasts

More from Miles Davis Bootleg Sessions and Allan Holdsworth legacy

by Len Davis
March 12, 2023

Featuring Miles Davis' That's What Happened-Bootleg series Vol 7 along with Allan Holdsworth-Legacy, Lale Larson and Ominox, French Band The Volunteered Slaves and from Finland, guitarist Ossi Maristo with his latest, plus Paradox with Billy Cobham and The Outside Men from Band Overboard.Playlist Miles Davis “Santana" from That's What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series Vol 7 (Columbia) 00:00 Allan Holdsworth's legacy “Protocosmos" from The Nineteen Men Of Tane (Ubuntu) 07:54 Ominox “Android" from Contemporary Past (LNR) 15:50 The ...

Journey into Jazz

Miles Davis' Influence On Jazz Piano, Jazz Composition, And Jazz Leadership

by AAJ Staff
March 2, 2023

Miles Davis is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of jazz music. Over the course of his career, he had a significant impact on jazz piano, jazz composition, and jazz leadership. Here is a closer look at Davis' influence in these three areas. Jazz Piano Davis was a trumpet player, but his influence on jazz piano cannot be overstated. He worked with some of the best pianists in the business, including Bill ...