(Artist Series, Volume 4) I had an instant reaction to Jamie Parslow’s photography: the work is honest, alluring and immediate. In my search for Miles Davis art and photography, I found Parslow and with him not only three, marvelous photographs of the jazz legend, but a lovely assortment of photographs taken throughout a long career; … Continue reading »
The 50th Anniversary Edition of Kind Of Blue receives the MOJO Catalogue Release Of The Year award The Moviegoer, switching over to The Musicgoer for a spell, features a profile he wrote for SEE Magazine (Edmonton) on jazz legend Jimmy Cobb. “They would come to love opera, especially “Tosca” and Chet Baker, Mahler and Miles … Continue reading »
(Artist Series, Volume 3) I’m always blown away by pencil sketch art; it’s stripped-down creativity I can really appreicate. And speaking of creativity, I am pleased to feature a phenomenal pencil sketch of Miles Davis by the talented artist Jeremy Powell. The structure and form of this particular sketch above is simply terrific, as is … Continue reading »
*Via the wonderful If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats. Tom Sutpen, Stephen Cooke, Richard Gibson and Kimberly Lindbergs curate one of my favorite clicks on the ‘net. Continue reading »
We’re going for a bit of a mixed-bag with this episode of From The Archives. Much had been written about the Apple Think Different campaign – and that includes plenty of ink related to Miles Davis. I own the Miles Davis poster from the campaign and have always been a fan of TBWA Chiat/Day’s inventive … Continue reading »
On June 17th 2008 I wrote a quick post about the official Miles Davis website and how I thought it could be much better. The original idea for this wordpress Blog was to be like what you are seeing now over at Miles Davis Online – basically a hub for All Things Miles Davis. But … Continue reading »
(Artist Series, Volume 2) The colors. The colors in David N. Goldberg’s artwork grab my attention immediately; warm, confident and beautiful – like Lauren Bacall wrapped in a harmony of paint. I instantly sparked to Goldberg’s work. The Miles Davis (oil on canvas) painting, of course, was what brought me to his exquisite collection of … Continue reading »
Original Caption: 26 Aug 1959, Manhattan, New York, New York: Musician Arrested. West 54th Street Station House—18th Precinct. Miles Davis, 32, of 881 10th Avenue, a trumpeter now appearing in Birdland, 52nd Street and Broadway, was arrested after fighting with patrolman Gerald Kilduff, who had ordered him to move from crowded sidewalk. In the scuffle, … Continue reading »
“With the reissue of landmark jazz albums Kind of Blue and Time Out from 50 years ago, it’s hard not to feel a little nostalgic.” Has it been all downhill for jazz since 1959? J.D. Considine starts the conversation. Miles of John Coltrane — good spot to read about “original issues on which Coltrane plays … Continue reading »
Via The Signal: Saturday’s “Kind of Blue @50″ homage to trumpet legend Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” album by Jimmy Cobb’s So What Band makes a direct connection to that epochal album, the classic era it represents, and to Playboy itself. “The very first Playboy (magazine) interview was with Miles,” said Playboy founder Hugh … Continue reading »
(Artist Series, Volume 1) Yuriy Shevchuk’s artwork is wonderful; modern art so full of charm, sophistication and style blended with a delightful harmony of color. Among his excellent gallery of oil, watercolor and pastel artwork are numerous Miles Davis paintings (two posted above). There’s actually a large number of lovely, jazz-inspired paintings to enjoy, but … Continue reading »
Although Stylus Magazine is no longer operating, much of their music and film content is still available online. Our latest Archives post goes back to a Stylus feature known as Seconds, a column that examined “those magic moments that arose when listening to a piece of music that strikes that special chord inside.” We jump … Continue reading »
