Miles Davis
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Critics' choice...- aims to combine popular and improvised music "in an organic manner and hope for the best; imagine the ugly love child of Radiohead and Miles Davis." Special guests Elizabeth Sheppard and Rhonda Stakich. ( 9:30 p.m. at the Rex. Cover:... In this article: Hans Krasa, Roy Thomson Hall, Montreal, Toronto, Brundibar, Chick Corea, and Charles-Marie Widor |
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Denver Post Entertainment | October 16, 2009
'70s innovators Threadgill and Wadada Leo Smith charge back
...menory. Overloaded with processed electric guitars (including that of Wilco's Nels Cline) and AkLaff in full-throttle mode, Smith makes like '70s Miles Davis at his harshest filtered through Radiohead on the 18-minute "Organic." Even if...
In this article: Wadada Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill, E-mail, Trademark, Chick Corea, Liberty Ellman, and John Lindberg
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San Diego Union-Tribune | October 30, 2009
Timing fortuitous for Dirty Projectors' Coffman
...classical and jazz. Accordingly, he lit up when asked to comment on the influence of trumpeter Miles Davis' seminal 1969 jazz-rock album, "Bitches Brew," on "OK Computer," Radiohead's 1997 art-rock opus. "The weird part is that...
In this article: Dirty Projectors, Sleeping People, San Diego, Yale, Austin, and New York
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Wikipedia | October 26, 2009
Jon Foreman
...we want".. Foreman cites Elliott Smith, U2, The Police, James Taylor, The Beatles, Radiohead, Bach , Ronny Jordan, Miles Davis, Keith Green, Nirvana , Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Led Zeppelin as some of his musical influences. In 2001 he...
In this article: Jon Foreman, Switchfoot, Fiction Family, Nickel Creek, Five Score and Seven Years Ago, Sean Watkins, New Way to Be Human, and Relient K
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Drowned in Sound - News | August 28, 2009
Radiohead re-issues: new editions of Kid A, Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief assessed
...Radiohead equal - or surpass - the monster they created. Hell, the influences cited circa 1997 (Penderecki, Miles Davis, DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin, Bjork), were far more in evidence. True, the facelessness of the Warp artists Yorke revered...
In this article: Radiohead, Kid A, Thom Yorke, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief, Aphex Twin, Pyramid Song, Alice Coltrane, Tom Waits, and Bjork
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www.washingtonpost.com | March 01, 2008
Jazz, Pop Producer Teo Macero; Long Partnered With Miles Davis
...musicians as Brian Eno and Radiohead. In later years, Mr. Macero opposed the reissuing of unedited early recordings by Davis and other musicians, saying the raw tracks were not polished works of art. He lost patience with some musicians,...
In this article: Teo Macero, Juilliard School of Music, Columbia Records, Dave Brubeck, World War II, Miles Smiles, In a Silent Way, E.S.P, and Time Out
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Naples Daily News | June 24, 2009
PressPlay: Meditations on Music ... the tree rings of musical history
...(I think it's some subconscious high school flashback), three by Radiohead, three from R.E.M., three by John Coltrane, two by Miles Davis, two from Husker Du and two from Michael Jackson. Oddly none of the five Cure CDs made the cut,...
In this article: Itunes, IPod, R.E.M., Community School, The Daily News, Son Volt, and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Radiohead
...claimed as an influence on parts of OK Computer. Other influences on the album were Miles Davis and Ennio Morricone, along with 1960s rock groups, such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Jonny Greenwood also cited composer Krzysztof...
In this article: Radiohead, Thom Yorke, OK Computer, Kid A, Jonny Greenwood, In Rainbows, Creep, Nigel Godrich, Hail to the Thief, and The Bends
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New York Times | February 21, 2008
Teo Macero, 82, Record Producer, Dies - New York Times
...Brian Eno and Radiohead. Davis's routine in the late 1960s was to record a lot of music in the studio with a band, much of it improvised and based on themes and even mere chords that he would introduce on the spot. Later Mr. Macero, with...
In this article: Teo Macero, Charles Mingus, In a Silent Way, Get Up with It, and Bitches Brew
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boston.com - Top arts and entertainment stories | February 08, 2009
Complete list of 51st Grammy Award winners
...Christiaan Munro, art directors (Radiohead) Album Notes: "Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition," Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis) (Columbia/Legacy Recordings) Historical Album: "Art of Field Recording Volume...
In this article: Rock Song, Robert Plant, Raising Sand, Alison Krauss, Lil Wayne, E-mail, Mr. Tambourine Man, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Viva la Vida
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Description from Wikipedia:
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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