Monthly Archives: August 2009
The Miles Davis Movie: Filming the First Great Quintet
I’m re-posting this entry from July of last year for the Biopic Blog. We now know, via Don Cheadle, that the Miles Davis Movie is not going to follow the standard, Hollywood biopic blueprint. Fine. But regardless of how he develops the narrative and central focus, there’s a long list of people, places and events … Continue reading »
Miles Davis… Online
Remembering the Birdland attack The Miles Davis – trumpet relationship In praise of… Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue Miles in the midst Continue reading »
Miles Davis / In Pictures
Miles Davis: The Rolling Stone Interview Miles Davis stands in relation to jazz music as Hemingway stood to the American novel, as Picasso stands to art. What he does can change — and has changed — jazz history. His is the kind of creativity that is not limited to personal virtuosity but is based upon … Continue reading »
Miles Davis, NY 1986
© Roxanne Lowit The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London have all exhibited the work of Roxanne Lowit. She has had one-woman shows in New York, Paris, Monte Carlo, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, and Berlin. Her books, Moments (1990) and People (2001) provide a striking … Continue reading »
Dolce & Gabbana & Miles Davis
Miles Davis Is Hell-Bent For Leather (The Hernando Reinoso Connection)
I’m Learning To Share! put together a terrific post about an article from the March 1970 issue of Show magazine. It focuses on a few L.A. and NYC fashion designers known for outfitting some of the more flamboyant pop stars of the day. There are a lot of great photos to check out – especially … Continue reading »
Miles Davis Biopic Will Not Be ‘A History Lesson’ Says Don Cheadle
In an interview with Ed Potton in the Times of London, Don Cheadle not only mentions his plans to direct and star in the Miles Davis Biopic, but he also reinforces his decision to produce a film that does not follow the ‘Hollywood’ blueprint for biopics. His pet project is a biopic of his childhood … Continue reading »
Miles Davis Biopic Will Not Be ‘A History Lesson’ Says Don Cheadle
In an interview with Ed Potton in the Times of London, Don Cheadle not only mentions his plans to direct and star in the Miles Davis Biopic, but he also reinforces his decision to produce a film that does not follow the ‘Hollywood’ blueprint for biopics. “I didn’t want to do anything that resembled the … Continue reading »
Miles Davis / From The Archives
A very nice (and quick, ironically) look at the brief time tenor saxophonist Sam Rivers spent with Miles Davis and his Second Great Quintet. A Brief Convergence: Miles Davis and Sam Rivers in 1964 By David Brent Johnson Rivers filled the tenor chair for several months in 1964, and his time with Miles is one … Continue reading »
Miles Davis / The Sidemen
Weekend Reading: The Blue Moment
“There have been many books about Miles Davis, one of the twentieth century’s most protean musical figures, but The Blue Moment is unlike any other work on the subject. Richard Williams takes as his starting point the making of Kind of Blue, Davis’s most celebrated album, and shows how movements in art, philosophy and music … Continue reading »
Big Big Big Miles Davis Box Set On The Way
71 discs! We’re at DEFCON 3 here at MDO headquarters. Via a report on Pitchfork, word is that on November 10, Columbia/Legacy will release The Complete Columbia Album Collection. The box will include 70 CDs and one DVD. My head hurts. During his tenure at Columbia Records, Miles Davis recorded an awe-inspiring 52 albums. Pretty … Continue reading »
Miles Davis, 1948
“Was any other revolution in jazz so suave? When Miles Davis led a two-week stand at New York’s fabled Royal Roost in 1948, the music—composed and arranged for a nonet by Gil Evans, John Lewis (later of the Modern Jazz Quartet), Gerry Mulligan, and others—changed jazz forever.” Click here to continue reading Playing Miles Davis … Continue reading »
Kind of Blue @ The Movies
Hats off to Slate for their great Miles Davis coverage. “In honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark album, Slate has compiled five notable Kind of Blue moments from screen history.” Continue reading »
