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Winter JazzFest's Weekend Marathon: A Survival Guide
With each passing year, Winter JazzFest--New York's premiere jazz festival--has expanded the number of venues presenting an increasingly diverse array of musicians. There are several ways to approach a programme as dense and exciting as the 2019 edition of the two-day Marathon spanning January 11th and 12th. Thanks to an embarrassment of riches, festival goers face ...
read moreSpirit Fingers: Spirit Fingers
This is the debut album and brainchild of leader, pianist and composer Greg Spero, an undeniably gifted pianist and composer who has been mentored by fellow keyboardists and Miles Davis alumni Robert Irving III and Herbie Hancock. The musicians Spero assembled for his project amount to a veritable supergroup in terms of their prodigious talent. The ...
read moreMiles Electric Band at Koerner Hall
Miles Electric Band
Koerner Hall
Toronto, Ontario
October 14, 2017
What started off as a successful “Miles Davis Festival" at the initiative of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic in 2011 and led by Vince Wilburn Jr. and nephew of the great Miles Davis himself, would eventually lead to the Miles Electric Band ...
Miles Electric Band at SFJAZZ
Miles Electric Band
SFJAZZ Center
San Francisco, CA
June 11, 2016
Since his death in 1991, one month after his final performance at the Hollywood Bowl, there has been a vacancy in the jazz trumpet chair. While many have risen as stars on the instrument, no one has quite matched Miles ...
Miles Electric Band: Bitches Brew To Tutu At SFJAZZ
Miles Electric Band
SFJAZZ Center
Bitches Brew To Tutu
San Francisco, CA
June 11, 2016
As part of the expansive 34th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, the cordial staff at SFJAZZ presented the outstanding Miles Electric Band in the spacious Miner Auditorium. Vincent Wilburn Jr., drummer and nephew of the ...
Miles Electric Band at SFJAZZ
Miles Electric Band
SFJAZZ
San Francisco, CA
August 23, 2014
“This is not a ghost band--just a great group of musicians who loved playing with Miles and had admiration for the Chief." --Miles Electric Band leader Vincent Wilburn, Jr.
Many who first became interested in jazz in the ...
Celebrating Miles Davis with Quotes
We're celebrating Miles Davis's birthday (May 26, 1926) with quotes about him and by him.
All About Jazz senior writer R.J. DeLuke also compiled several from his past interviews with various ex-band members--and we included a salty one by Miles for good measure.
If you know of a quote about Miles or one that ...
John Scofield: Peaceful Pursuits
Sometimes a recording comes together easily, with a minimum of muss or fuss. Other times, life seems to conspire against it, but that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't get done, or that it suffers as a result. Sometimes, in fact, it can make the end result even better. For John Scofield-- one-third of a power trifecta ...
read moreMiles Davis: Previously Unreleased 1980s Recordings
Miles Davis
Perfect Way: The Miles Davis Anthology: The Warner Bros. Years
Warner Jazz
2010
The composer John Cage related a funny story about an encounter with trumpeter Miles Davis. It happened at a US airport sometime in the mid 1980s. Cage was travelling with the choreographer Merce Cunningham, and the ...
Album Showcase
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East Of The Sun by Michael Kocour
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Swallows & Swans by Florian Ross
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Imaginary Friends by Ralph Alessi
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Trio Tapestry by Joe Lovano
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Crosswinds by Christoph Irniger
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Jazz Story
Jazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's imagination. I try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the “hot music” of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary incarnations
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By Andrew J. Sammut
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