This winter, Bobby Previte and a "pocket orchestra" of nine musicians will perform a series of concerts riffing on Miles ...

David Bowie and Miles Davis might have been musically different, but according to one collaborator, they shared the same ...

In 1959, the three recorded what is widely considered as ... We begin the 849th episode of Neon Jazz with Miles Davis to commemorate the book 3 Shades of Blue by James Kaplan. The book examines the ...

Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert traced Miles Davis's journey from lumpen rock-jammer to sophisticated jazz-rocker through seven ...

Still reeling from John Coltrane’s departure from his band, the early 1960s saw Miles Davis in transition. With the release ...

Mingus, the genius troublemaker, and Coleman, the free-jazz pioneer, remain revered by ... the man whose name would appear on ...

For a time in the early 1980s, he also joined the band of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, who decided to recruit the guitarist after being introduced to his sound by saxophonist Bill Evans ...

August 21, 2019 • NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Christian McBride about the impact of Miles Davis' seminal album Bitches Brew — an electrified sound that ushered in decades of jazz fusion 50 ...