Guardian Music — 606 Club, LondonLee Konitz, the 82-year-old ­Chicagoan alto saxophonist who played on Miles Davis's classic Birth of the Cool recordings back in 1949, was one of the few players of his era to be inspired by Charlie Parker without trying to clone h... more info

ContactMusic — DON CHEADLE blames former U.S. president GEORGE W. BUSH for ruining the economy and derailing his plans to play jazz great MILES DAVIS on the big screen.Cheadle was cast in... more info

All About Jazz — Bye Bye Blackbird, Miles Davis Quintet CD 'Round About Midnight (Columbia 94750) Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums). Composed by Mort Dixon and Ray Henderson Rec... more info

All About Jazz — All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Legacy Recordings "Miles Davis - The Complete Columbia Album Collection" giveaway contest starting today. We'll select one lucky winner at the conclusion of the contest on March 5th. The winner will als... more info

All About Jazz — Austin Chronicle Aural History Hannibal Lokumbe and Jeff Lofton's Jazz Traditionalism BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ Photo by John Anderson "I don't know him," admitted Jeff Lofton of Hannibal Lokumbe a few weeks before this issue's cover shoot. "That's somebo... more info

Guardian Music — (Fuzzy Moon)The reputation of the expat Canadian composer John Warren rests mostly on some sumptuous big-band music under his own name in the early 1970s, fine writing for John Surman's larger groups, then influential teaching work in his adopted Yor... more info

All About Jazz — Concord Jazz star trumpeter Christian Scott has released the first single from his upcoming new album. Recorded at the renowned Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey by legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder (John Coltrane, Miles Davis and He... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — There are people who despise country music who will admit to liking him. Notorious honky hater Miles Davis named a composition for him. He's a country star who releases what he wants — even a reggae album and a single about (closeted) male homosexu... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — The flagship band of the West Coast Black Rock Coalition wing, beloved by artists from the late Miles Davis to OutKast, Fishbone has long persisted as vital pioneers of Stateside ska, striving tirelessly toward an equivalence of diverse styles and vi... more info

Guardian Music — When directors wanted their films to ooze cool, they called on Johnny Dankworth. Richard Williams on the man who made British cinema swingThere was a time when jazz and film formed a natural partnership. When a ­director wanted a hectic ­acco... more info