I might have to add ‘brought to you by Slate’ to this title of this feature seeing as I keep finding Miles Davis related content from the online magazine. But that’s a good thing. The more Miles the better. It’s 2006 and Stanley Crouch takes a look at Davis’ legacy as he enters the Rock … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Miles Davis Album Art / Sketches of Spain
Artist: Miles Davis Title: Sketches of Spain Date: 1959 Label: Columbia Records CS 8271 Arranged and Conducted by: Gil Evans Track Listing Side 1 Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) Will O’ The Wisp Side 2 The Pan Piper Saeta Solea link Continue reading »
And then I asked a question about the Miles Davis biopic….
Deadline Hollywood Daily has a nice play-by-play of the ‘Iron Man 2′ panel at Comic-Con Saturday. The whole gang was there (Favreau, Downey Jr., Rockwell) including War Machine himself, Don Cheadle. No, I didn’t ask Cheadle about the Miles Davis film b/c I stayed up in LA this weekend, but had I traveled down to … Continue reading »
Miles Davis Is A Warlord Of The Weejuns
Over at MDO favorite Ivy Style, Christian Chensvold directs our attention to Esquire jazz and style writer George Frazier’s 1965 essay he wrote for the liner notes of the album “Miles Davis’ Greatest Hits.” It’s a terrific essay, and if you have any interest in Davis’ wardrobe and his thoughts on style (very particular about … Continue reading »
Miles Davis / From The Archives
Perhaps a bit timely that we turn our archival attention to an essay about race and American culture — in this instance as it pertains to Miles Davis. Today we have a great article from Martha Bayles that appeared in the New York Times in May 2001. At the heart of Bayles insightful appreciation is … Continue reading »
Miles Davis & Marketing
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Today In Miles Davis Movie News…
Thankfully Ovation TV aired The Miles Davis Story a few times last week. It’s definitely a documentary worth seeing whether you know nothing or everything about Miles Davis. Ian Carr is great. The old footage, and focus on the early years, is really good. It’s not a perfect doc on the life of Miles Davis, … Continue reading »
Talkin’ Miles: Pangaea, 1959 & Neil Young
Miles Davis on his Stage Presence. Hard Format shines their music-related design notes on Miles Davis’ Pangaea. Art work by Teruhisa Tajima and photographs by Tadayuki Naitoh. Miles Davis is definitely part of the story in Fred Kaplan’s new book, “1959: The Year Everything Changed.” More love for 1959 via The Root: The Best Year … Continue reading »
Miles Davis / In Pictures
Miles Davis / From The Archives
This is more like From The Archives once removed, because for this edition I am going to reference – me. Actually, it’s a post I wrote late last year on the Movie Blog, which spotlights the famous Miles Davis interview in Playboy. The Miles Davis Movie: Filming the ‘Playboy’ interview Alex Haley’s ‘candid conversation with … Continue reading »
Miles Davis / Album Art
Artist: Miles Davis Title: At Carnegie Hall Date: 1962 Label: Columbia Records CL 1812 Cover Art: Joe Eula Line Up: Miles Davis: trumpet Hank Mobley: sax (Tenor) Wynton Kelly: piano Paul Chambers: bass Jimmy Cobb: drums with the Gil Evans Orchestra Track Listing Side 1 So What Spring Is Here No Blues Side 2 Oleo … Continue reading »
Miles Davis / The Boxer
[Part 2 in a series of posts featuring articles, photographs and opinions about the relationship between the sport of boxing and the life and music of Miles Davis] The latest installment and excerpt is from a terrific issue of Stop Smiling magazine. It’s their boxing issue, in fact, which features cover stories on filmmaker Ken … Continue reading »
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
I watched Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue on Ovation TV this evening. I do not love-love the fusion work (I like it), but the documentary is definitely worth a viewing because of the amazing footage; notably Miles boxing and the 1970 Isle of Wight festival. In fact, the Isle of Wight concert footage … Continue reading »
Miles Davis / Album Art
Artist: Miles Davis Title: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco Date: Recorded on April 21st, 1961 at the Blackhawk Supper Club Line Up Miles Davis: trumpet Hank Mobley: tenor saxophone Wynton Kelly: piano Paul Chambers: bass Jimmy Cobb: drums Track Listing Side 1 Walkin’ Bye Bye Blackbird Side 2 All of You No Blues … Continue reading »
Talkin’ Miles: Photos, Documentaries & Quotes
“When Miles Davis played a simple phrase sometimes that expressed something with more elegance and beauty than any very technically accomplished phrase could say.” – Terence Blanchard, Choice Cuts Miles Davis Album Art Leni Sinclair Photograph: Miles Davis (1972) Paris, 1971 You might not think CMT.com would have an artists page for Miles Davis. Oh, but they … Continue reading »
