What makes Miles Davis one of the most iconic voices in jazz? In this video, we reveal 10 unmistakable characteristics that ...

ALTON - The 20th annual Miles Davis Jazz Festival honored the musician’s legacy and supported local students.On Saturday, ...

Such sentiments come as no surprise to trumpet dynamo and San Diego Symphony jazz curator Gilbert Castellanos, who on Aug. 17 will lead “Miles Davis: Kind of Blue — In Concert” at the Rady ...

It can even be argued that jazzstopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward. Davis was the son of a dental surgeon, Dr. Miles DeweyDavis, Jr., and a music teacher, Cleota Mae (Henry) ...

Al Foster, the jazz drummer who performed in groundbreaking bands with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins, has ...

It didn’t take long after its release on August 17, 1959, for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue to ascend to a throne it has yet to vacate in all of the decades that have followed. With its scepter ...

In this excerpt from the new book 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool (Penguin Press, March 5, 2024), author James Kaplan puts us in the room as ...

Jazz drummer Al Foster, who played with the likes of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Sonny Rollins has died. He was 82. NPR ...

There are musicians so cosmic, so otherworldly, it seems like they came from outer space. Miles Davis is one such character – and that is what musician/visual artist Dave Chisholm depicts in his ...

Now, we’re turning to the man known as the Prince of Darkness, who gave us the “Birth of the Cool” and never stopped redefining it: Miles Davis. Since the trumpeter’s shape-shifting career ...

It’s a music festival that showcases some local talent, while honoring the late great Alton native Miles Davis. The 20th ...