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Articles tagged "miles davis"Mixed MediaThe Complete Miles Davis Columbia Collection (stream)by Allison Taich[23.Nov.09] :. In celebration of Miles Davis’ 30 plus year stint with Columbia Records, Columbia/Legacy present Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection. Exclusive to Amazon.com, the set...  20 Questions FeatureTerence Blanchardby PopMatters Staff[9.Sep.09] :. The cerebral, soulful, three-time Grammy award winning trumpet player and composer Terence Blanchard tells us how our turbulent, dynamic world inspires his beautiful music.  Sound AffectsHot Buttered Soul: Politics and Pop Culture Are Really Oneby Diepiriye Kuku[19.Mar.09] :. When change is upon us and we need media most, more and more traditional media outlets will simply pick up and disseminate what fewer and fewer folks have placed on the corporate-filtered news wire. Luckily, my new White House friend is as funky as you wanna be. NewsInstead of red for Valentine’s Day, go with ‘Blue’by Walter Tunis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][13.Feb.09] :. A friend recently asked for a recommendation on an album to give as a Valentine’s Day present - specifically, a recording substantial enough to be considered a worthwhile gift but romantic...  Sound AffectsSpectacle: Elvis Costello with Herbie Hancock (Episode 10)by Zeth Lundy[4.Feb.09] :. “I’m interested in human beings,” Herbie Hancock tells Elvis Costello on tonight’s episode of Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… (airing Wednesdays at 9pm EST/PST... Featured Article FeatureKind of Blue Revisited: The 50th Anniversary of the Greatest (Jazz) Album of All Timeby Will Layman[3.Dec.08] :. A staple of modern music for nearly 50 years, Kind of Blue is near-impossible to hear with fresh ears. But perhaps that is precisely why it needs some re-examining. Miles on Miles, ed Paul Maher Jr., Michael K. Dorrby Michael Patrick Brady[24.Nov.08] :. Davis never wanted to stop moving, always wanted to be doing something, pissing somebody off, and driving people wild. Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner Sessionsby Ron Hart[7.Nov.07] :. Columbia/Legacy completes their acclaimed metal box series championing the career of Miles Davis with a deep examination of the album that turned the jazz world on its ear hole. Roy Haynes: A Life in Time: The Roy Haynes Storyby Zeth Lundy[5.Nov.07] :. Highlights from the jazz drummer's six-decade career grace this three-CD/one-DVD retrospective, including performances with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Sarah Vaughan. Miles Davis: Evolution of the Groove EPby Tim O'Neil[17.Aug.07] :. As enduringly popular as Miles Davis remains, it is something of a surprise to realize just how sparsely picked-over his catalog remains in terms of remixes and reinterpretations. Certainly, the... Miles Davis: Jazz at the Plazaby Nicholas Taylor[26.Feb.07] :. 1958 was a pivotal year for Miles Davis. Already a firmly entrenched leader in the burgeoning jazz scene of the late ‘50s, by 1958 Davis began to push his music even further. For one thing, he... Miles Davis: Cool & Collectedby Quentin B. Huff[14.Nov.06] :. While this collection is definitely cool, its primary purpose is to acquaint newbies with the legend of Miles Davis. Featured Article Music ReviewMiles Davis: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessionsby Will Layman[30.Jun.06] :. Four discs of the greatest American music there is. Feast. Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970by Will Layman[23.Sep.05] :. Another sumptuous box set from the Columbia Miles Davis archives features the Live Evil Cellar Door band -- turning the corner from jazz to stellar jam-funk of the highest order. Featured Article Music ReviewMiles Davis: Kind of Blue (DualDisc)by Lou Friedman[10.Mar.05] :. What, you thought this album was going to suck after 46 years? And with the bonuses on the DVD, it's even better. Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnsonby Robert R. Calder[24.Feb.05] :. Not so revolutionary as it presumed to be in 1971, the recording presents a more conservative Miles Davis paired with John McLaughlin's blues-influenced guitar, jamming on rhythms that are mainstream now. Miles Davis: Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue [DVD]by Zeth Lundy[22.Dec.04] :. Love them or hate them, the events documented in Miles Electric cast giant waves upon the jazz world that would be weathered for decades to come. Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessionsby Marshall Bowden[30.Sep.03] :. The Jack Johnson Sessions represent a stunning crossroads where boxing, the Black Power movement, the development of rock music as an expression of vast changes in American society, the... Miles Davis: In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Completeby Robert R. Calder[12.Aug.03] :. Sony has so vast a catalogue under the name of this man, a name dropped by pseuds but rarely my own first listening choice, I can only hesitate on the verge of an unqualified recommendation; and then... Miles Davis: The Miles Davis Story [DVD]by Marshall Bowden[10.Jan.03] :. During the introduction to this DVD biography of Miles Davis released by Sony Music Miles’ onetime mentor, trumpeter Clark Terry, points out that the tension between Miles’ warm trumpet... Miles Davis: In a Silent Way (Deluxe Edition) [Original Recording Remastered]by Chip O'Brien[23.Oct.02] :. The reason a lot of people don’t like post swing era jazz is the same reason they don’t like a lot of supposedly good literature; it takes too much thought, a thorough knowledge of what... Miles Davis: The Best of Miles Davisby Jason MacNeil[18.Oct.02] :. Last year some of the major players in the career of Miles Davis joined forces for a brief tour across North America. Featuring Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and others, the tour paid homage to one... Miles Davis: The Complete Miles Davis at Montreuxby Marshall Bowden[20.Sep.02] :. The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux is, at first glance, a daunting proposition: 20 CDs that do nothing less than document every performance the legendary trumpet player gave at the famed... Miles Davis: The Complete in a Silent Way Sessionsby John Kenyon[22.Oct.01] :. The set highlights many important elements to Davis's evolving sound: his quest to strip songs down to their essential parts, his shift from acoustic to electric-based music, his choice of sidemen who best play that type of music, and, in turn, his way of coaxing the best music from those sidemen. Miles Davis: Live at the Fillmore Eastby James Beaudreau[20.Aug.01] :. The group that Miles Davis brought to the Fillmore Auditorium on March 6 and 7, 1970, the so-called “lost quintet”, was a loud and fierce avant-garde jazz/rock ensemble performing with... Miles Davis: The Essential Miles Davisby Simon Warner[14.May.01] :. Miles Davis Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It’s About That Time(Columbia/Legacy)US release date: 15 May 2001 by Simon Warner davismiles-essential.jpg... Miles Davis: Milestonesby Andy Hermann[16.Apr.01] :. Last year, Sony Music, which had gobbled up Columbia Records and its huge jazz catalog over a decade earlier, finally got around to releasing what should have been one of its first major repackaging... Miles Davis: Auraby Wes LongIn 1985, the last year of his three-decade stint with Columbia Records and six years prior to his death, Miles Davis worked with Danish composer Palle Mikkelborg in Copenhagen. The project was an... Miles Davis: Blue Milesby Ben VarkentineMiles Davis. The very name speaks of the very darkest of blues. The strong, yet wispy, smoky sounds that came from his horn continue to hang over jazz, and he is indisputably one of the largest... Miles Davis: Round About Midnightby Maurice BottomleyWhen Miles Davis stopped the show at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955 with an assured reading of Thelonious Monk’s “‘Round Midnight” it announced a triumphant return to... |
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