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Davis honoured by US politicians

5490 days ago

A landmark album by jazz musician Miles Davis is commended by the US House of Representatives 50 years after it was released. more info

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News Ticker: Broken Bells, Pavement, Miles Davis, Comcast

5490 days ago

Rolling Stone — Broken Bells — the collaboration between Danger Mouse and the Shins’ James Mercer — will release their debut album March 9th, Pitchfork reports. Starting December 21st, first single “The High Road” will be available on the band’s Website.... more info

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Davis honoured by US politicians

5490 days ago

BBC News - UK — A landmark album by jazz musician Miles Davis is commended by the US House of Representatives 50 years after it was released. more info

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House honors Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue"

5491 days ago

MSN Music — House recognizes 50th anniversary of Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" album more info

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MUSIC INDUSTRY: Jazz is Dead. Long Live Jazz.

5492 days ago

All About Jazz — The music may never again be a popular force, but it is still swinging--if you know where to listen. Put yourself in this jazz musician's shoes for a minute. Your record label just dropped two of its most acclaimed acts from the roster in order to a... more info

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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: The Newest Picks: Carla Bley, Miles Davis, Chris Potter/Steve Wilson/Terrell Stafford, Woody Herman

5494 days ago

All About Jazz — In the center column, slightly south, you will find the latest Rifftides recommendations in Doug's Picks. We suggest two new CDs, an imperishable 50-year-old recording, a DVD of a blistering big band and a book held over from last time because readin... more info

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Miles Davis in Paris: the love lives on

5496 days ago

Guardian Music — While segregation raged in the US, Miles Davis found the freedom and respect he craved in Paris. A new exhibition shows the feeling was mutualParis is many things: a city of romance; a hotbed of culture, and the inspiration for countless artists, mu... more info

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The little-known genius of Lennie Tristano

5503 days ago

Guardian Music — One 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

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In praise ofâ€¦ Ronnie Scott's at 50

5505 days ago

Guardian Music — The self-deprecating one-liners about the size of the audience or the quality of the food have gone (its eponymous co-founder once said that 3,000 flies can't be wrong); it is also more commercially managed these days, but Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club at... more info

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