Miles Davis

jazz 

John Schott Turns ‘Round Midnight’ Into Shavuos Miracle

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Charlie Hunter, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, John Schott, Miles Davis, Reboot, Round Midnight, Thelonious Monk, TJ Kirk

8-hour all-night reimagining of Monk’s masterpiece marks Jewish day of joy

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Fusion jazz Rock 

I’ll Never Let Them Forget It: Celebrating A Tribute to Jack Johnson

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1971, A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Columbia Records, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Michael Henderson, Miles Davis, Sonny Sharrock, Steve Grossman

Remembering the time when Miles Davis assembled “the greatest rock and roll band you have ever heard”

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Blues 

Montreux Mud

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Bill Evans, Blues, BMG, guitar, live album, Miles Davis, Montreux, Muddy Waters, O9, Soft Machine, The Montreux Years, Weather Report

A new compilation collects the best moments of blues legend Muddy Waters’ three trips to Switzerland

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Fusion jazz 

LISTEN: Miles Davis at 95

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 95th Birthday, birthday, Bitches Brew, Darryl Jones, Jason Miles, Jazz, Kind of Blue, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Prince, Scritti Politti, The Man With The Horn

Celebrating the heavenly birthday of a jazz titan with a playlist of our faves from his final decade

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Music Journalism 

It Is Time for SNL to Lose Live Music 

February 18, 2021February 19, 2021 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Captain Beefheart, Fear, Kid Creole, Lone Justice, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Mink DeVille, Percy Sledge, Roy Orbison, Saturday Night Live, Sparks, Wynton Marsalis

An open letter to Lorne Michaels

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Fusion jazz Remembrance 

Chick Corea: Mourning a Keyboard Colossus

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Jim Allen 1 Comment Bitches Brew, Chick Corea, Chick Corea Elektric Band, Circle, Gary Burton, Miles Davis, Return To Forever, RIP

A handful of highlights from a talent too big for boundaries

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adblock Fusion jazz Latin Psychedelics Rock 

Santana Anointed: 50 Years Of Abraxas

September 16, 2020November 30, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, José "Chepito" Areas, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve, Miles Davis, Santana, Tanglewood, Woodstock

Celebrating a half century of the most definitive Santana studio LP

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jazz 

LISTEN: Sonny Rollins is 90!

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 90th Birthday, Art Blakey, Blue Note, Clifford Brown, Impulse! Records, Jazz, John Coltrane, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Prestige Records, RCA Victor, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk

Digging into the best of the Saxophone Colossus from 1953 to 1966

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jazz 

ALBUMS: Dave Feels Dizzy

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Michael Toland 0 Comments Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill Frisell, Clifford Brown, Dave Douglas, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Gerald Clayton, Lee Morgan, Linda Han Oh, Miles Davis

On the excellent Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity, the NYC trumpet great pays respect to the master

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jazz 

Happy Birthday Miles Davis!

May 26, 2019May 26, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Happy Birthday, Miles Davis, Playlist

A video mix to salute the jazz icon

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Electronics jazz 

Staying In Step

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis

Forty years after Directstep, Herbie Hancock’s oft-overlooked album stands as a symbol of what was to come

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