Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
LIKE SO MANY occasions that turn out to be momentous in hindsight, the recording of Miles Davis' landmark "Kind of Blue" album carried no special aura, no hint of the iconic future in store. "I just figured it was another good Miles Davis record," shrugged drummer Jimmy Cobb.
The In Crowd (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
From the Village Voice : " Jimmy Cobb is early. The...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As record albums go, Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" may not by the biggest seller of all time, but it has influenced generations of jazz and other musicians and is about to celebrate its 50th birthday.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
All About Jazz members are invited to join the Legacy Recordings Miles Davis - Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition giveaway starting today. We'll select one lucky winner at the conclusion of the contest on October 8th. Click here to enter the contest All contestants will join the Miles Daivs @ AAJ fan network and the winner will be chosen from that list...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
It's often noted that Miles Davis told pianist Wynton Kelly to "sound more like Ahmad Jamal" when recording "Freddie Freeloader" for Kind of Blue . When it comes to the under-appreciated, this kind of story gets tossed around quite a bit. But this one is worth noting for why Miles wanted Kelly...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Boing Boing tv's UK-based music correspondent Russell Porter interviews the young experimental jazz band EMPIRICAL, from London. Today's episode includes an extended musical interlude, to ensure the mellowest possible Monday for all the peeps out there in BBtv-land. The band's "influences" roster says it the best: Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Booker Little, Miles Davis,...
Enzian Theater (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
This weekend sadly marked the passing of yet another legend of jazz who chose to live overseas more than four decades ago. Chicago native Johnny Griffin, a small man and one of the great tenor saxophonists of all time (which...
Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
1. Guns-n-Roses: Appetie For Destruction (Sweet Child O’Mine sounds as good as the day it was released). 2. The Eagles: Hotel California (The Last Resort is sadly underrated, I think). 3. Chick Corea &: Return to Forever: Where Have I Known You Before? 4. Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out 5. Miles [...]
Sequenza21/ (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Some well-to-do friends of mine purchased at a charity auction recently a chance to play disk jockey for an hour on WBGO in Newark which is, I believe, the most listened to jazz radio station in the world. Since they aren’t that much into jazz, they promptly passed the opportunity on to me as a [...]
NPR Blogs: News & Views (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
This photo of Miles Davis comes from the cover of the album, "Kind of Blue." Sony This month, as you know, News & Notes is exploring jazz music with a series of profiles, features, and interviews. Our introductory segment, "What Is Jazz?," featured insight from three jazz aficionados, including freelance writer and radio producer Eugene Holley Jr. Here, Holley offers five "can't miss" CDs which serve...
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
The guitar-piano-bass-drums quartet is rarer in jazz than you'd expect. There's this classic joint from the Wynton Kelly Trio plus Wes Montgomery, of course. And there's Grant Green with Sonny Clark, although those records sat in the vault for years....
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
The JazzPianoOnline.com Spring 2008 Newsletter Sign up for the first edition of the JazzPianoOnline.com Spring 2008 Newsletter. Learn more about what JazzPianoOnline.com is all about including: Upcoming lessons; Practice Tips; Testimonials; Three licks from Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly PLUS a 10% off coupon on your next subscription...
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
The cover on top “Music for Your Vacation” is an easy listening lp from Columbia Records Argentina that shares the same stock photo as “Miles Ahead” below. “Miles Ahead” by Miles Davis was released in 1957. This was the first album Davis recorded with Gil Evans, who combined the ten pieces that make up the [...]
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
A few months ago, Hale took an eclectic look at some of the lesser known works of Miles Davis. Tonite, I want to go in the opposite direction, and simply focus on one disc: Kind of Blue. Why? Not only is Kind of Blue Davis' best-selling album, it may very well be the best-selling jazz record of any artist, of all time. Even though it was released over 40 years ago, it still sells over 5,000 copies...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Sides of Blue: The Jazz Greats Who Played On Kind Of Blue****Fantasy 0888072303393, £9.99Don Mizell, the producer responsible for this compilation, stresses that it is in no way a sequel to the legendary Miles Davis album Kind Of Blue. Rather, it's a tangential, complementary selection which throws the spotlight on the supporting musicians on the Davis record. So, we have tracks by tenor saxophonist...
