Miles Davis
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Jimmy Cobb still 'Kind of Blue' after 50 years...over to lovers of both classical and rock music too. Cobb, still robust at 80, is the only surviving member of the group led by Davis, at the height of his career on his crisp and soulful trumpet, and with saxophone legends John Coltrane... In this article: Jimmy Cobb, Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, Wynton Kelly, Billie Holiday, Abbey Road, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Madrid, and Rolling Stone magazine |
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all about jazz | July 31, 2009
Ron Thomas / John Swana / Joe Mullen: Elysium
...with an eerie reverb. With Swana and Thomas, it's hard to tell who is doing what in an approach that is similar to that of Miles Davis' On the Corner (Columbia Records, 1972), pared down and minus the funk and groove. Elysium consists of...
In this article: Columbia Records and On the Corner
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Wikipedia | July 08, 2009
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis had already kicked his heroin addiction in early 1954 when he performed such a strong version of Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight" at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, that Columbia Records signed Davis to a recording contract.
In this article: Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Kind of Blue, John Coltrane, Columbia Records, Wayne Shorter, Paul Chambers, and Cannonball Adderley
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Washington Times | October 07, 2009
Davis' 'Blue' turns 50
...of two recording sessions with Miles Davis. "I was always enthusiastic about making records with Miles," says Mr. Cobb, who got to the studio before the other musicians to set up his drum kit. "I wasn't told anything about what the music...
In this article: Jimmy Cobb, Kind of Blue, Orange juice, Recording Industry Association of America, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Quincy Jones
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James Isaacs
...the station made a transition to a news and talk format.) He has written liner notes for numerous records, among them, Miles Davis' Circle in the Round (Columbia Records). Additionally, he had written for the The Real Paper (of...
In this article: James Isaacs, WBUR, The Real Paper, Boston Phoenix, Circle in the Round, Boston University, Columbia Records, Cambridge, and Massachusetts
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George Avakian
...the Popular Music and International divisions. Avakian signed and produced Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Mathis, Rita Reys, and Erroll Garner to the label, among others. Later he fulfilled a role as producer at Warner...
In this article: George Avakian, Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy, Yale University, Anahid Ajemian, Columbia Records, Louis Armstrong, Keith Jarrett, Benny Goodman, and Armavir
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | August 04, 2009
A new home bass
...legendary jazz album Bitches Brew in 1969. Brooks had started working in production at Columbia Records in New York and a connection with fellow producer Teo Macero led him to the Davis sessions. "It was really the pinnacle for me - it...
In this article: Harvey Brooks, Bob Dylan, Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, New York, Queens, Highway 61 Revisited, Barry Goldberg, and Judaism
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Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet is an album recorded on 15 November 1955 by Miles Davis, for Prestige Records. As the name suggests, it was the first to feature his now-famous "first great quintet "...
In this article: Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet, 'round About Midnight, John Coltrane, Columbia Records, and Prestige Records
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Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
...work from 1957 through 1968 at Columbia Records recording studios. Miles Davis and Gil Evans had worked together on Davis' landmark 1949 album Birth of the Cool. Evans was a distinguished soloist, but it was his role as arranger that is...
In this article: Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Gil Evans, Birth of the Cool, and Columbia Records
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Bob Weinstock
Columbia Records had signed a recording deal with Miles Davis in 1955, but Davis still owed Prestige Records four albums in addition to '', recorded in November 1955 after Davis had already started recording for Columbia. Weinstock...
In this article: Rudy Van Gelder, Prestige Records, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Annie Ross, John Coltrane, Kenny Clarke, and New Jersey
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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jazz records; he was partially responsible for the development of hard bop and modal jazz, and both jazz-funk and jazz fusion arose from his work with other musicians in the late 1960s and early 1970s; and his final album blended jazz and rap. Many leading jazz musicians made their names in Davis's groups, including pianists Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, saxophonists John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, George Coleman, and Kenny Garrett, drummer Tony Williams and guitarist John McLaughlin.
As a trumpeter, Davis had a pure, round sound but also an unusual freedom of articulation and pitch. He was known for favoring a low register and for a minimalist less-is-more playing style, but Davis was also capable of highly complex and technically demanding trumpet work.
On March 13, 2006 Davis was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has also been inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame, Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame, and Down Beats Jazz Hall of Fame.
- Name At Birth:
- Miles Dewey Davis III
- Birth Date:
- May 26, 1926
- Birthplace:
- Alton, Illinois
- Death Date:
- September 28, 1991
- Place of Death:
- Santa Monica, California
- Occupation:
- Bandleader, composer, trumpeter
- Instrument Played:
- Trumpet, organ
- Years Active:
- 1944–1975, 1981–1991
- Associated With:
- Miles Davis Quintet
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