All About Jazz — I decided to list my top ten favorite Miles Davis recordings of the electric period. Miles is not just one of the biggest musicians of all time, but one of the biggest artists of all time--regardless of discipline. His entire career output is of the ... more info

All About Jazz — When I first saw this image of Miles Davis playing the tenor saxophone, I had a "what's wrong with this picture" moment. The photo of the trumpeter clearly was taken in the early 1960s, and Davis was never known to have doubled on the instrument. The... more info

All About Jazz — John McLaughlin and Chick Corea win the Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group Category. Chick Corea and John McLaughlin are truly kindred spirits. Both are brave musical explorers and singular virtuosos on their respecti... more info

All About Jazz — Music-sharing blog The Heat Warps has re-posted free downloads of two performances by Miles Davis' "Lost Quintet," the late-1960s configuration that bridged the span between his classic mid-1960s acoustic ensemble and his later electric groups of the... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz FM's new show tries to corner the market where jazz and high finance overcross – and it's about as appropriate as that soundsAre business people especially into jazz? You would assume so from Jazz in the City (Jazz FM, yesterday), a new i... more info

All About Jazz — The fusion of jazz and electronics hasn't been a particularly fertile one -- particularly when you consider the possibilities of pairing the agility of improvisation-minded musicians with the infinite possibilities offered by technology, both in the ... more info

Guardian Music — Ellie Goulding, London, CardiffMusic-biz powerbroking has recently taken on the flavour of medieval politics: even before the public know who she is, they are told that the year's pop queen has already been crowned. Following the successes of Adele i... more info

Guardian Music — The charismatic prince of cool jazz developed an elegant and intertwining sound after being forced to perform without a pianoWhen Bruce Weber released Let's Get Lost in 1988, his documentary on the trumpeter Chet Baker, it joined the likes of Bertran... more info

All About Jazz — Every jazz trumpet player in the world has some kind of relationship with Miles Davis. Love him or hate him, study him or eschew him, we've all had to deal with Miles in some way. He's that much of a giant. In a career that spanned 50 years, Miles wa... more info

Allmusic Blog — Arriving a year after the British Invasion kick-started and two years before the Summer of Love, 1965 sometimes gets overlooked among the great years of the '60s, but a convincing case could be made that it showcases how creatively fertile the decade... more info