Pianist Jonathan Gee has always found joy, education and inspiration in the music of Miles Davis. Not just in the man himself but in the playing of his many fine associates, not […]
Jeff Gold – ‘Sittin’ In – Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s’
Jeff Gold – Sittin’ In – Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s includes interviews with Quincy Jones, Sonny Rollins, Robin Givhan, Jason Moran and Dan Morgenstern (Harper Design. 256 pages. Book Review […]
Happy 80th Eddie Henderson!
Sebastian writes: This article has just one purpose: to wish a very happy 80th birthday, today 26 October 2020, to Eddie Henderson. It was a pleasure and a privilege to check in […]
Miles Davis – “The Lost Septet” (from 1971)
Miles Davis – The Lost Septet (Sleepy Night SNRCD013. CD Review by John Bungey) It’s 5 November 1971, and what sort of a night were fans at the Vienna Konzerthaus expecting from […]
Special Digital Edition of Montreal Jazz Festival Announced (June 27-30)
The world’s largest jazz festival has announced its plans. The full programme is HERE. This year’s Special Digital Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal will consist of: – livestream […]
Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool – UK Premiere at London Film Festival
Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool – UK Premiere at London Film Festival Director: Stanley Nelson (Eagle Rock/Firelight Films/American Masters Pictures/BBC Music. Film review by Adam Sieff) When a really great music documentary comes […]
Miles Davis 1959 – Porgy and Bess…Kind of Blue And More at Cadogan Hall
Miles Davis 1959 – Porgy and Bess…Kind of Blue And More (Cadogan Hall, London, 21 September 2019. Review by Peter Vacher) Nothing ventured, nothing gained, so the old adage goes. Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory […]
Miles Davis 1959 – Porgy and Bess, Kind of Blue and More (Cadogan Hall 21 Sept)
The latest in the historical concerts presented by Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory Company, focuses on a jazz icon, Miles Davis, and his annus mirabilis, 1959. Peter Vacher fills in the background to […]
Miles Davis’ Rubberband album to be released in September
We don’t often post straight press releases, but Peter Bacon thought you might like this one from Rhino/Warner Records: “Miles Davis shocked the music world in 1985 when he left Columbia Records […]
