From The Vault: Miles Davis - "Directions"
Other than his appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival later this same month, this Tanglewood performance was possibly the largest audience that Miles Davis had encountered up to this point. read more
Found in: Featured VideosMiles Davis Biopic Finds Director
For years Don Cheadle has been trying to get his biopic of Miles Davis, which he plans on starring in, off the ground. Now another film about the jazz legend may be getting in the way of his plans. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsFrom The Vault: Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew"
Other than his appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival later this same month, this Tanglewood performance was possibly the largest audience that Miles Davis had encountered up to this point. read more
Found in: Featured VideosThe 20 Best Songs in Videogames
The first commercial videogame involved navigating a rocket ship; it was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1971. Music has been around for um… a lot longer than that. But the two have been intertwined from the nearly the beginning of gaming, as far back as Atari 2600, which allowed gamers to play alongside background “music,” which was really a series of simple loops. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayMiles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Chet Baker, More Get Reissue Treatment from Concord Music Group
Concord Music Group will reissue Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, Miles Davis’ (feat. Sonny Rollins) Dig, Wes Montgomery’s Boss Guitar, Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen to You and Bill Evans Trio’s Waltz for Debby on Sept. 28.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsHerbie Hancock to Score Miles Davis Biopic
Don Cheadle's biopic of jazz legend Miles Davis has been slow to develop, but big news came recently... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMiles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Seventy-one disc box set gives new meaning to the word “comprehensive” At the end of 1967’s Miles Smiles, the second great album from Miles Davis’ second great quintet, the trumpeter’s gravelly voice emerges from “Gingerbread Boy” like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey: “Teo, play that,” he hisses to producer/saxophonist Teo Macero in a slight singsong. “Teo, Teo, Teo, Teo—play that.” Macero had produced Davis’ earlier classics, including 1959’s Kind of Blue, but by the late ’60s the trumpet giant and his new quintet—saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams—were entering a whole... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsSeventy-One Disc (!!!) Miles Davis Box Set Coming in Nov.
When it comes to boxed sets, there are the ambitious (Nada Surf's box of reissued vinyl), the self-indulgent (Neil Young's 10-disc, $300 collection of live sets) and then the downright incredible, WTF-were-they-thinking moments.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFinally, An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis
Andy Baio has everything he needs for a traditional marriage: something old, something new, something borrowed and something Blue. But his latest project, Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute to the Miles Davis classic Kind of Blue, is hardly traditional. Baio hopes that the marriage of electronic sound and jazz will result in something truly unique to commemorate the album's 50th anniversary on Aug. 17. "What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System?" he wondered, calling upon chiptune musicians Chris J. Hampton, Rich Vreeland, Sergio de Prado, Samuel Ascher-Weiss and Jake Kaufman to help him... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNile Songs: My Middle East & North Africa Playlist, Had I Accompanied President Obama to Egypt
President Obama gave a speech at Cairo University yesterday in which he reached out to Muslims, decried extremism and the murder of innocents, and outlined his administration's policies regarding a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. Regardless of your views on the successes or shortcomings of the president's hotly debated speech, I'd bet us diehard music fans can all agree that there are some pretty amazingly cool songs inspired the Arab and Muslim cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.Had I been able to accompany the president on this historic trip, here are a few songs I would've loaded into... read more
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