Miles Davis News

It's been 18 years since he passed away, but Miles Davis is still the biggest jazz artist on the planet.

Most record labels tend to be a bit genre-centric. Locally, we've got Ghetto Recorders , Mack Avenue , Small Stone , and plenty of others.

With its wave-like glass canopy roof, the atrium gets a boost from 5 to 7 when the ten-piece Brad Linde Ensemble plays tunes by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and Lester Young.

THE SMUIN Ballet's Christmas Ballet is like spending the holiday with loved ones, opening brightly wrapped presents under the tree.

Curiously, at a time when entire music collections can be shrunk to the size of a couple of sticks of gum, some music packages keep growing.

Get tingly, jazz fans. Sirius XM Radio is launching Miles Davis Radio, a commercial-free channel devoted to the icon.

Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis will soon have a channel dedicated to his life and music, starting this Friday, November 20th.

When you're already in a dance with noise and free improvisation, the Kosmische is less than one membranous step away.

Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection, Sony's stab at the gargantuan-reissue sweepstakes, consists of 70 CDs, comprising all 52 albums that the dark prince of jazz trumpet laid down for Columbia Records over a 30-year span, plus the customary array of alternate takes and previously unissued tracks .

You'd need multi-dimensional capabilities - or at least stout shoes and a good map -to fully take in the artistry and music on offer at this year's London Jazz Festival.

Of all the words in the English language, a foreign friend used to say to me, there was one that caused him the most trouble.

In fall 2009, the Prestige label is celebrating its 60th Anniversary with a series of compilations and remasters.

Celia Malheiros Saturday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. Come celebrate the new CD release of Celia Malheiros, brazilian singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist and the tRIO.

Notes from the Net: Phil Perry recovering; the continuing legend of Miles Davis; plus news, reviews, interviews, and more Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St.

Pianist John Horler has played with American greats like Chet Baker, Zoot Simms, Al Cohn and Bob Brookmeyer, and was a founder member of the wonderful Acoustic Triangle, writes Chris Beggs .

Everything he did was so extraordinary. So much feeling with so little visible effort." BARBRA STREISAND "She is an inspiration to work with, a force of nature.

Suddenly, at the start of the 80s, there were a lot of people called "Marsalis" in jazz.

London jazz festival stars ... Marcus Miller, Zoe Rahman, Charlie Hunter and Robert Glasper.

Nio: 'very much a Californian' Carlos Nio had a change of heart around the age of 28, one that is at once thought-provoking and controversial.

Antoine Sicotte, author of the musically minded cookbook Le Cuisinier rebelle. Photograph by: Les A At home in his kitchen, scanning recipe books and planning dinner, Antoine Sicotte plays everything from Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones to Bob Marley and Balinese lounge music on his iPod, speakers perched atop the microwave.