Miles Davis
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John Coltrane...Philly Joe Jones and Jimmy Cobb. During this time he participated in the aforementioned Davis sessions Milestones '' and ''Kind of Blue, and the live recordings, Miles & Monk at Newport and Jazz at the Plaza. Toward the end of this period... In this article: Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, A Love Supreme, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Eric Dolphy, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, and Albert Ayler |
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New Yorker: Everything | January 18, 2009
Gary Giddins: Bill Frisell's infinite styles.
...him to find similarities that had generally escaped notice. In Hank Williams's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," he hears chord changes similar to those in Miles Davis's "All Blues. " He interpolates Monk's "Misterioso" in "You Are My Sunshine,"...
In this article: Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian, Hank Williams, Blue Note, E mail, and Individualism
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Independent.co.uk - Columnists | September 27, 2008
Dom Joly: Jazz: love the lifestyle, can't stand the music - Dom Joly, Columnists - The Independent
...felt that if you needed to be educated to like something then it was most probably bollocks. I do have to admit to owning Miles Davis's Kind of Blue. It's one of those albums with the word blue in it that it seems to be almost compulsory to...
In this article: Dom Joly, Ronnie Scott, Kind of Blue, Joni Mitchell, Goat, Heroin, Dragon School, Bart Simpson, and Jack Kerouac
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all about jazz | February 28, 2009
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue Fiftieth Anniversary Legacy Edition
...Blue, one so illuminating that it allows the past and the future to be seen and heard simultaneously. Visit Miles Davis on the web. Track listing: CD1: So What; Freddie Freeloader; Blue In Green; All Blues; Flamenco Sketches; Flamenco...
In this article: Kind of Blue, So What, Flamenco Sketches, Blue, DVD, Love for Sale, and Blue in Green
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Cannonball Adderley
...sextet in October 1957, three months prior to John Coltrane's return to the group. Adderley played on the seminal Davis records Milestones '' and ''Kind of Blue. This period also overlapped with pianist Bill Evans's time with the sextet, an...
In this article: Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Oscar Pettiford, Joe Zawinul, Ray Charles, Florida A&M University, Bobby Timmons, New York City, and Tallahassee, Florida
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all about jazz | February 10, 2009
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: The Blue and the Great Miles Davis
...changes stacked upon chord changes. It required deep musical sophistication to play that style, but while Davis had the chops for bophad indeed been one of its prime movershe had lost his enthusiasm. I think a movement in jazz is beginning...
In this article: Kind of Blue, Bill Evans, Blue, So What, Dictum, Wynton Kelly, Quincy Jones, and John Coltrane
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U.S. News & World Report | December 18, 2008
Listen to <em>Kind of Blue</em> by Miles Davis
...a bartender at a Philadelphia club called Nightlife, of whom piano player Herbie Hancock says, "Freddie was very street-smart, and Miles was always attracted to people who had brains and an interesting approach to life") to the pre-Blue...
In this article: Kind of Blue, Ashley Kahn, Columbia Records, DVD, Philadelphia, and Herbie Hancock
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Kind of Blue
Its vapory piano introduction is universally recognized". Producer Quincy Jones, one of Davis' longtime friends, wrote: "That Kind of Blue' will always be my music, man. I play ''Kind of Blue every day-it's my orange juice. It still...
In this article: Kind of Blue, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Flamenco Sketches, George Russell, DVD, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Parker, and Cannonball Adderley
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Chicago Sun-Times | December 07, 2008
Spin Control: CD reviews and samples
...a new DVD (incorporating some previous footage) that brings to life the legendary recording session for "Blue," as well as insight into Davis' life; a 12-inch LP of the original album; a 60-page book of essays and photos; television...
In this article: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Kind of Blue, Electric Arguments, DVD, Carnival of Light, Revolver, Revolution 9, and Flamenco Sketches
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Miles Davis
...his magnum opus '', ''Kind of Blue. He called back Bill Evans, months away from forming what would become his seminal trio , for the album sessions as the music had been planned around Evans' piano style. Both Davis and Evans had direct...
In this article: Gil Evans, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, New York City, Kenny Clarke, Herbie Hancock, George Russell, You're Under Arrest, and Elwood Buchanan
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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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