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Miles Davis Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Miles Davis.

Results 1 - 20 of 1,399 in Miles Davis

  1. Mixing Music and PoliticsRead the original story

    36 min ago | Washington Post - The Fix

    ... Crow (um...), Elton John , Yo-Yo Ma, Bruce Springsteen (not the God but certainly a god), Jay-Z and jazz greats Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. The story notes that one of Obama's favorite songs is Dylan's ' Maggie's Farm ' whose ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Black Entertainment, Jazz, John Coltrane, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Democrat

  2. Jazzman returnsRead the original story

    43 min ago | The New Zealand Herald

    ... last year, is returning with guitarist and fellow jazz-rock pioneer John McLaughlin, who was his bandmate in Miles Davis's band during the trumpeter's innovative period of the late 60s, which delivered albums like the classic Bitches Brew . Corea's ...

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    Related Topix: Chick Corea, Jazz, Black Entertainment

  3. Nat Adderley; Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | NPR

    ... by Nat, often drew from R&B and bebop in a way that came to be known as "soul jazz." Among their champions was Miles Davis , who immediately recognized the Adderley brothers' talent and urged manager John Levy to handle their careers. A 'Straw Boss' ...

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  4. Nat Adderley: Brotherly SwingRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | National Public Radio

    ... by Nat, often drew from R&B and bebop in a way that came to be known as "soul jazz." Among their champions was Miles Davis , who immediately recognized the Adderley brothers' talent and urged manager John Levy to handle their careers. A 'Straw Boss' ...

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  5. The Return of Evan Horne: Tangled Up in "Blue"Read the original story

    Monday Aug 18 | Straight No Chaser

    ... Hughes may have been involved in the writing and recording of Birth of the Cool and Kind of Blue , the seminal Miles Davis albums, but never credited or compensated for his work. And so another mystery begins, paralleling an even more amazing ...

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    Related Topix: Chet Baker, Jazz, Black Entertainment

  6. Blaine FallisRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | All About Jazz

    ... Herbie Hancock - Inventions and Dimensions, Maiden Voyage Brad Shepik - The Flood Tony Williams - Believe It Miles Davis - Miles Davis in Europe (Live), Miles Smiles, Kinda Blue, Bitches Brew, Nefertiti Don Grolnick - Medianoche Kenny Burrell - ...

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    Related Topix: Folk, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Black Entertainment

  7. An Event Apart: The Framework AgeRead the original story

    Tuesday | Functioning Form

    ... provide ways to shape behavior. Modal jazz: framework for creative instability and improvisation. Pioneered by Miles Davis on Kind of Blue. Modal jazz is a framework. It provides a rough set of broad strokes. In classical music all the notes most be ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Jazz

  8. Obituary: Hiram BullockRead the original story

    Tuesday | MediaGuardian.co.uk

    ... of musicians - Jaco Pastorius, Mike Stern, George Duke - and encouraged more established figures, such as Miles Davis, Gil Evans and Joe Zawinul, to reinvent their careers. The jazz-funk guitarist Hiram Bullock, who has died aged 52, was one of the ...

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  9. Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood also writes for chamber orchestraRead the original story

    Tuesday | San Jose Mercury News

    ... first performance on the West Coast. You read it right. Greenwood, whose influences range from jazz trumpeter Miles Davis to French visionary composer Olivier Messiaen, has penned the work "Popcorn Superhet Receiver" for a 36-piece string orchestra. ...

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    Related Topix: Olivier Messiaen, Classical, Black Entertainment, Jazz, Debussy

  10. Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy PaulRead the original story

    Tuesday | 95.5 3WS

    ... broadcasts in Philadelphia at age 11 and had an extensive jazz background. He worked with Dinah Washington, Miles Davis, and Roberta Flack, as well as Charlie Parker, before forming a trio and recording for Jubilee. His original 1959 recording of ...

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    Related Topix: Billy Paul, Soul, Philadelphia, PA, Dinah Washington, Jazz

  11. Chicago's New Sir Miles Davis Academy Rolls-Out Official...Read the original story

    Tuesday | Yahoo

    Miles Davis Properties, LLC: WHO: A Producer/musician Erin Davis , son of Miles Davis , Nef Drum Productions CEO /Chicago native, Vince Wilburn, Jr.

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    Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones, Black Entertainment, Jazz

  12. Oddjob: SumoRead the original story

    Tuesday | All About Jazz

    ... to raise the listener's spirits. Unlike many other retro-fusion bands, Oddjob's explicit debt to trumpeter Miles Davis's electric innovations on Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969) and beyond is slight. Instead, the band's style is shaped by the work of a ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Jazz, Joe Zawinul

  13. Return to Forever: United Palace Theatre, New York, NYRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 17 | Glide Magazine

    ... attendees, RTF mitigated this tacit expression of ego, at least to a degree, with the pre-recorded strains of Miles Davis that heralded their appearance. Yet it might've been more appropriate still for the group to play a tribute to the man with the ...

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    Related Topix: Chick Corea, Jazz, Lenny White, Al di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Black Entertainment, Return to Forever

  14. Stars Line Up for Bernie Mac ServiceRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 17 | Black Voices

    ... my husband's mother." -- Madonna fears Guy Ritchie's mom. Tony Barson, WireImage.com "There's brilliant jazz - Miles Davis. And there's brilliant rock - Coldplay. And there's brilliant rap - Jiggaman!" -- Jay-Z , tooting his own horn. Gareth ...

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    Related Topix: Madonna, Pop/Rock, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Rap, Jay-Z, Bernie Mac, R-N-B, Destiny's Child

  15. Carl Fischer and Organic Groove Ensemble at Mirelle's

    Sunday Aug 17 | All About Jazz

    ... once the "Cork 'n' Bib" nite spot, which featured extended stay jazz acts such as Maynard Ferguson's big band, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Horace Silver, among many others. Fischer and his mates did everything but bring those spirits back to ...

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    Related Topix: Horace Silver, Jazz, Black Entertainment

  16. Babylon set in N.O. between hurricanesRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 17 | 2theadvocate.com

    ... a couple of northern transplants, Ed Flank and Ariel May and their children, Miles (named for jazz musician Miles Davis) and Ella (named for jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald). Ed and Ariel have moved to Orchid Street from Minnesota. Ed is a "house ...

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    Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Black Entertainment, Jazz, New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Ella Fitzgerald, Entertainment

  17. On the RecordRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 17 | Rss feeds - philadelphia weekly online

    ... t mostly it's Wilkes in a loungey neo-soul/R&B mode with saxophonist Chelsea Baratz, bassist Junius Paul, former Miles Davis keyboardist Robert Irving III and others. (David R. Adler) Disqus

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    Related Topix: Jazz, Art Ensemble of Chicago

  18. Vinyl livesRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 17 | Buffalo News

    ... the streets in September as a five-LP vinyl box set, via Columbia Records. Later in the fall, when the legendary Miles Davis album "Kind of Blue" gets the deluxe box set reissue treatment from Legacy records, a vinyl corollary will hit the streets ...

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    Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Led Zeppelin, Buffalo, NY, Entertainment

  19. Reminder: Patchwork album release partyRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 17 | The Capital Times

    ... What kind of jazz? I got to the point where I was pretty comfy with standards. I was really into Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck. But my interests shifted and I started doing really minimalist folk music. Why did you drop out of the ...

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    Related Topix: Ambient, Patchwork

  20. Jazz At Sherlock's August 29thRead the original story

    Friday Aug 15 | Nashville is Talking - Comments

    ... sax, Glenn Martin on trombone, and Wayne Ray on alto sax and flute. We will play tunes by such composers as Miles Davis, Jobim, the Duke, Gershwin, Gerry Mulligan, and a host of others. You can drive in less than 30 minutes using this magic route: ...

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