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Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to the early '90s, since he was in the thick of almost every important innovation and stylistic development in the music during that period, and he often led the way in those changes, both with his own performances and recordings and by choosing sidemen and collaborators who forged the new directions. It can even be argued that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward.

Album

Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud

By Miles Davis

Label: Decca Records France
Released: 2026
Track listing: CD1 Générique; L’Assassinat de Carala; Sur l’autoroute; Julien dans l’ascenseur; Florence sur les Champs-Elysées; Dîner au motel; Evasion de Julien; Visite du vigile; Au Bar du Petit Bac; Chez le photographe du motel; CD2 Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées; Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 3; Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 3 (Générique); Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 4; (Florence sur les Champs-Elysées); Assassinat – take 1 (Visite du vigile); Assassinat – take 2 (Julien dans l’ascenseur); Assassinat – take 3 (L’assassinat de Carala); Motel (Dîner au motel); Final – take 1; Final – take 2; Final – take 3; (Chez le photographe du motel); L’Interrogatoire de Julien; Ascenseur (Evasion de Julien); Petit Bac – take 1; Petit Bac – take 2 (Au bar du Petit Bac); Voiture – take 1; Voiture – take 2 (Sur l’autoroute);

Album

Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings

By Miles Davis

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2026
Track listing: CD 1: In Your Own Sweet Way (March 16, 1956 version); No Line; Vierd Blues; In Your Own Sweet Way (May 11, 1956 version); Diane; Trane’s Blues; Something I Dreamed Last Night; It Could Happen to You; Woody’n You; Ahmad’s Blues. CD2: Surrey with the Fringe on Top; It Never Entered My Mind; When I Fall in Love; Salt Peanuts; Four; The Theme (Take 1); The Theme (Take 2); If I Were a Bell; Well, You Needn’t. CD3: ’Round Midnight; Half Nelson; You’re My Everything; I Could Write a Book; Oleo; Airegin; Tune Up; When Lights Are Low; Blues by Five; My Funny Valentine.

Album

Reference: Bitches Brew Live 1969 In Europe

By Miles Davis

Label: AlAy
Released: 2026
Track listing: CD1: Directions; Bitches Brew; It’s About That Time; I Fall In Love Too Easily; Sanctuary; Bitches Brew; Paraphernalia; Nefertiti. CD2: Masqualero; This; Directions; Bitches Brew; I Fall In Love Too Easily; Sanctuary; It’s About Time; Masqualero.

Article: Live Review

Hyphen Dash At Satory-Saal

by Ian Patterson
October 3, 2026

Hyphen Dash Satory-Saal 12th European Jazz Conference Cologne, Germany September 26, 2026 Ukrainian band Hyphen Dash's performance at Cologne's storied Satory-Saal carried a significance that extended well beyond the music. Firstly, it was a reminder that no amount of Russian aggression will bring Ukraine to its knees, and that resistance ...

Article: Album Review

Dwayne Dolphin: Let the Music Play

Read "Let the Music Play" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 3, 2026

Bassist Dwayne Dolphin, less than happy with the jazz he was hearing in person or on the radio, set out to simply Let the Music Play on an album whose happy vibe, he hoped, would rekindle “the spirit of jazz" that he remembered growing up with in his native Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While “happy" is an intuitive ...

Article: Play This!

A Dave Holland Primer

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 1, 2026

Here is an audio-companion to Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland. The playlist contains songs by, or featuring, Dave Holland, selected by those who contributed to that article. It's actually a quite interesting thing to see who selected what (click on the above link and under each individual contribution the selected song is listed).

Article: Interview

A Language of His Own: Bill Frisell on Dave Holland

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 1, 2026

As part of our Celebration of Dave Holland, we invited Bill Frisell to share a few thoughts about a musician who has been an important part of his musical world for decades. Bill had rather a lot to say, and it seemed a shame to stop at a few thoughts. So, rather than squeezing ...

News: Event

Erwann Gauthier: 'Miles Davis, La Nuit Aussi Est Un Soleil," Talk & Musical Reading

October 1, 2026

Miles Davis, la nuit aussi est un soleil followed by A Kind of Jazz—Talk & Musical Reading with Erwann Gauthier U.S. Foundation, Paris—October 14, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. To mark the centennial of Miles Davis’s birth, Erwann Gauthier presents his new book, Miles Davis, la nuit aussi est un soleil, published by L’Écarlate in Orléans ...

Article: Live Review

Marcus Miller At Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
September 30, 2026

Marcus Miller Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center “We Want Miles" Centennial Celebration San Francisco, CA September 27, 2026 On Sunday at Miner Auditorium, Mino Cinélu stepped down from his percussion riser, carried a large black gourd to center stage, and drew a startling range of sounds from it, wowing the crowd. ...