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EVENT: Jazzschool Institute Vocalists Present Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" at Yoshi's Oakland, May 10

5334 days ago
All About JazzMiles Davis's masterpiece Kind of Blue is not only the best-selling jazz album in history, but it has been a creative touchstone for jazz musicians and fans since its release in 1959. Instrumentalists and singers alike have for years been drawn to th... more info

BOOK/MAGAZINE: "Blue Moment" Examines Influence of "Kind of Blue"

5334 days ago
All About Jazz"The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music" (W.W Norton), by Richard Williams Richard Williams acknowledges early on in "The Blue Moment" that there is not much more to say about Miles Davis' jazz masterpiece "Ki... more info

Heinz Sauer/Michael Wollny: If (Blue) Then (Blue) | CD review

5432 days ago
Guardian Music(ACT 9493-2)Heinz Sauer is a giant of an improviser who deserves to be as well-known across Europe as Jan Garbarek. This is a grainily beautiful episode in his relationship with the young pianist Michael Wollny, a sublime partnership that began in 20... more info

WEB/TECH: Monster's Miles Davis Tribute Headphones Honor the Definition of Cool

5454 days ago
All About JazzMonster, renowned for its many advanced consumer electronics accessories and fast becoming one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-performance headphones, is proud to announce the upcoming introduction of the world's first audio hardware pro... more info

AWARD: House Honors Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue"

5454 days ago
All About JazzWASHINGTON (AP) -- Fifty years after jazz legend {{Miles Davis = 6144}} recorded Kind of Blue, the House voted Tuesday to honor the landmark album's contribution to the genre. Davis collaborated on the record with saxophonists {{John Coltrane = 5851... more info

The little-known genius of Lennie Tristano

5468 days ago
Guardian MusicOne of the great jazz educators and innovators, this unheralded pianist was an inspiration to generations of musiciansMiles Davis is often associated with the late-1940s jazz that came to be known as The Birth of the Cool. But the blind Chicago piani... more info

RADIO/PODCAST: "Miles Davis Radio" to Launch Exclusively on Sirius XM Radio

5481 days ago
All About JazzLimited-run channel hosted by Davis' son Erin Davis, his nephew drummer Vince Wilburn Jr. and bassist, producer and writer Marcus Miller Miles Davis Radio to celebrate the music, life and career of one of music's most legendary icons The channel ... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Bill Evans: Turn out the Stars

5483 days ago
All About JazzBy: Ron Hart Toward the end of his life, pianist Bill Evans' image was the exact opposite of the button-down, bespectacled young square who first burst onto the jazz scene in 1956 as the rising young lion on the jazz circuit who landed into history... more info

Chick Corea/Bela Fleck; Robert Glasper | Jazz review

5483 days ago
Guardian MusicLondon jazz festivalChick Corea is used to being a hard act to follow, but not when he shares a double-bill with Bela Fleck. Banjo master Fleck, who joins bluegrass conviviality to a jazz-improv guitar-like sound, led the original lineup of his 20-ye... more info

Jimmy Cobb still 'Kind of Blue' after 50 years

5487 days ago
The Independent Fifty years on, drummer Jimmy Cobb still can't believe what he, Miles Davis and five other jazz musicians achieved over two days in a converted church in New York. more info

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