Miles Davis

Guardian Music — Inventive 60s jazz drummer who played with Rollins, Coltrane and GetzTo Pete La Roca, the American jazz drummer and composer, who has died aged 74, jazz was a swinging music that contained the promise of surprise. When jazz stopped swinging, and stop... more info

Guardian Music — Charles de Gaulle on accordion? Vivian Stanshall took introducing the band to ridiculous extremes in 1967 Reading on mobile? Watch here"On the bass: Derek Smalls … He wrote this!" Thus David St Hubbins put the credit, or shifted the blame, on to hi... more info

Guardian Music — Grammy award-winning musician and 10 band members recovering after bus overturned on motorway, killing driverJazz bassist Marcus Miller and 10 members of his band have been injured following a serious bus crash in Switzerland. The driver of the vehic... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican/Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonMerely by setting foot on stage bearing a tenor saxophone and scattering a few clues to his signature calypso, St Thomas, Sonny Rollins does enough to make a London jazz festival crowd feel privileged to be in th... more info

78s — Die müsst ihr in dieser Woche gehört und gesehen haben. Miles Davis feat. LCD Soundsystem Zwei Videos zur selben Zeit abgespielt ergibt dieses atemberaubende Duett. LCD Soundsystems “New York I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down” und Miles ... more info

Guardian Music — Alexis and Kieran are joined this week by Charlotte Richardson Andrews – and no time is wasted before a heated debate around Rihanna's latest release. There's also a touch of the French Elvis, Johnny Hallyday, who is Alexis's new favourite thing.Ri... more info

Guardian Music — His cool, luminous sound redefined jazz. Then he threw it all in for Jimi Hendrix. Richard Williams on the brilliant and mercurial Gil EvansIt came as a shock to hear, over dinner with Gil Evans in 1978, that in the preceding year he had made only on... more info

Guardian Music — To mark the London jazz festival, here is an NME encounter with the great trumpeter in 1985 courtesy of Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism"Man," says Miles Davis, "I haven't been sketching in so long. Maybe two,... more info

Guardian Music — As the world waits to discover the results of the 2012 US election, what should Barack Obama supporters be listening to?As America goes the polls to decide who will be its next president, one vital question dominates debate: what's the best music to ... more info

Guardian Music — Birmingham Town HallOne certainly couldn't accuse Wayne Shorter, even in his 80th year, of pandering to the masses. Playing the only UK date in his brief European tour, there was no "Hello Birmingham!", no preamble, no band introductions, no whimsica... more info