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Joe Lee Wilson obituary

4907 days ago
Guardian MusicEloquent jazz vocalist who drew on the raw passion of the bluesThe reputation of Joe Lee Wilson, the jazz vocalist, who has died aged 75, never matched those of such male stars as Jon Hendricks, Mark Murphy or Kurt Elling – yet his eloquent bariton... more info

Montreux fetes Miles Davis with "soundtrack" to his life

4911 days ago
ReutersMONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller paid tribute to their friend and mentor Miles Davis, performing a "songtrack to the life" of the late American trumpet player whose music electrified the world of jazz.... more info

John McLaughlin – review

4912 days ago
Guardian MusicRonnie Scott's, LondonJohn McLaughlin, the Yorkshire-born musician who found himself on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew in 1969 and became a guitar legend, has returned to Ronnie Scott's for the first time in 44 years. Musing on the late proprietor's like... more info

Betty Davis :: If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up

4919 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardBetty Davis’s funk banger “If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up,” culled from her 1973 self-titled LP. I caught this  jam at a party last weekend, hearing it for what must have been the first time in over a year. There is a reason Betty, Mil... more info

Ma: The Last – review

4925 days ago
Guardian Music(Loop) London's F-ire and Loop Collectives keep turning up fascinating young bands. Ma is an improv/electronics/samples group featuring saxophonist Tom Challenger and drummer Dave Smith (cornerstones of the excellent Outhouse) with organist Ross Stan... more info

Herbie Hancock - Herbie Hancock To Premiere Miles Davis Tribute Concert In Istanbul

4926 days ago
ContactMusicTurkey's Istanbul International Jazz Festival has landed a pair of firsts - Paul Simon will make his first appearance in the country when he closes the event next month (Jul11) and Herbie Hancock will debut his Tribute To Miles show. The three-week e... more info

The Band Quit the Band

4926 days ago
Said the GramophoneMiles Davis - "All Blues/Theme" (Live in Stockholm, 1960) You can learn a lot about a band from a song in which its members trade solos. You can isolate the soul of a group, as in the Jeff Parker-dominated Tortoise... more info

Don Cheadle - Finance Problems Holding Up Don Cheadle's Miles Davis Film

4932 days ago
ContactMusicDon Cheadle's dreams of playing Miles Davis on the big screen have been stalled by financial problems. The Hotel Rwanda star admits financiers have been put off the ongoing project because it isn't "your standard middle of the road studio fare". He t... more info

Marilyn Mazur: Celestial Circle – review

4932 days ago
Guardian Music(ECM) Former Miles Davis percussionist Marilyn Mazur sits inside an exotic kit of gongs, bells and drums that could fill a small room, but her instincts are world-musical and very outgoing. She could hardly be in better company than on this unusual s... more info

Album Review: Shabazz Palaces' 'Black Up'

4935 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissTwo decades ago, Ishmael Butler flapped his wings as Butterfly, one-third of the seminal ’90s New York hip-hop trio Digable Planets. Claiming coolness as its birthright and Miles Davis and two Herbies (Hancock & Mann) as elemental building blocks, ... more info

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