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Miles Davis vs. Don Draper
Definitely worth a read. Good stuff. Yet, for all of its strengths, Mad Men wouldn't be nearly so appealing if not for the fact that it is set during a time when America was neatly divided between the hip and the square. It's important to point out, though, that during the early '60s, the time ...
The Miles Davis Movie: Which Way Are We Going?
Interesting article in the NY Times Sunday about biopics. The Miles Davis Biopic was not mentioned, obviously(!), but the points made by Dennis Lim about the delicate craft of producing a successful biopic can be easily connected to the Miles Davis Movie--and the many hurdles it faces as the project remains in an ongoing and agonizing ...
A Miles Davis Original Signed 1958 Recording Contract
Miles Davis Original Recording Contract: a two-page agreement on Columbia Records letterhead, dated June 24 1958--signed by the great jazz trumpeter in blue ink at the second page. The document engages Miles Davis to record the songs “Django, “The Jitterbug Waltz,"" 'Round Midnight" and “Wild Man Blues" for ...
Sonny Rollins Receives Miles Davis Award at Montreal Jazz Festival
The Montreal Jazz Festival bestowed awards on three of the biggest names in jazz over the weekend, including Sonny Rollins, who won the Miles Davis Award. The tenor saxophonist, a legend on the jazz scene for five decades, was presented with the award Sunday ahead of his concert at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Nicknamed the “Saxophone Colossus," he ...
Miles Davis Among Jazz Legends Featured in Paul Slaughter's New Book of Jazz Photographs
Im a big admirer of photographer Paul Slaughter. His shots of Miles Davis are must-see. So believe me when I say that anyone who loves jazz, or loves photography or just so happens to love 'jazz photography will be delighted by the just-released Paul Slaughter / Jazz Photographs 1969-2010, a wonderful collection of jazz photographs by ...
Dogfish Head Bitches Brew Honors Miles Davis
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery has announced the release of Bitches Brew to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary jazz-funk-rock-fusion masterpiece Bitches Brew by jazz legend Miles Davis. Delawares Dogfish Head Craft Brewery has created its own Bitches Brew a bold, dark beer thats a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer ...
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Lindones Silveira
As of a few days ago I am a new fan of artist Lindones Silveira. I stumbled onto a terrific Miles Davis painting and consequently spent the next few hours pouring over his art galleries. The Blues Jazz collection stands out as a favorite, but his sets on women, urban scenes and abstract art are also ...
Too Much Kind of Blue? The Case for Giving Overexposed Masterworks a Rest
*Absolutely worth a read this holiday weekend. Hope everyone is doing well! Richard Williams recently wrote a book called The Blue Moment: Miles Davis Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music. I haven't yet read Mr. Williams study of the great jazz trumpeters best-known album, and to be perfectly honest, I doubt I'm going ...
Miles Davis Tribute Concert in Chicago
It's practically becoming a cultural rite in Chicago: the annual Memorial Day celebration of Miles Davis' birthday, led by the brilliant Chicago pianist Robert Irving III. Irving, who worked closely with Davis from 1979 to 1988, will preside over the third annual event at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Velvet Lounge. (Davis would have turned 84 ...
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Jeff Bridges
(Artist Series, Volume 9) As I had mentioned in the previous Artist Series post, I have a thing for tracking down Miles Davis-inspired artwork on Flickr. And once again I recently stumbled upon a great-looking oil painting of the jazz icon this particular artwork courtesy of Jeff Bridges. There's a ...
