Miles Davis

Fusion jazz Remembrance 

A Centennial Salute to Miles Davis

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 100th Birthday, Bitches Brew, Centennial, Darryl Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Kassa Overall, Miles Davis, Prince, Sly Stone, Vince Wilburn Jr.

The jazz master was born on this day 100 years ago

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Rock 

Acclaimed Drummer Blake Fleming Releases New Solo Album

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Blake Fleming, Dazzling Killmen, DJ Shadow, MC5, Miles Davis, The Mars Volta

The Dazzling Killmen co-founder gives us a track-by-track account of The Beat Fantastic

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Pallbearer Explore A Different Kind of Heaviness on New LP

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 Andrey Henkin 0 Comments 2024, Arkansas, Brett Campbell, Cluster, Doom Metal, Kraftwerk, Little Rock, Miles Davis, Mind Burns Alive, Nuclear Blast Records, Pallbearer, Pink Floyd, Sun Ra

An exclusive chat with singer/guitarist Brett Campbell about Mind Burns Alive

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Funk jazz 

Vein Melter: Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters at 50

October 25, 2023October 26, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1973, 2Pac, 50th anniversary, Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers, Chameleon, Columbia Records, Digable Planets, Harvey Mason, Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock, J. Dilla, Miles Davis, Nas, Paul Jackson, Sly and the Family Stone, Vein Melter, Watermelon Man

Reflecting on the groundbreaking jazz-funk odyssey from the visionary keyboardist

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jazz Music Journalism 

The Singularity of Matthew Shipp on RogueArt

September 20, 2023 Steve Holtje 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Clifford Allen, ESP-DISK, Igor Stravinsky, John Coltrane, Matthew Shipp, Miles Davis, piano, RogueArt, Singularity Codex

A new book chronicles a key section of the renowned jazz pianist’s catalog

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Funk Soul 

Keep On Dancin’: Sly and the Family Stone’s Fresh at 50

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Etta James, Fresh, Kermit Ruffin, Larry Graham, Miles Davis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Victor Wooten

How the band’s sixth LP signified a new phase of funk

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Funk Fusion Hip Hop jazz 

M.E.B. Honors Miles Davis With New Music

May 26, 2023May 30, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blu, Jr, Legacy Recordings, Lenny White, M.E.B., Miles Davis, Miles Electric Band, Nas, That You Not Dare To Forget, Vernon Reid, Vince Wilburn

How this supergroup keeps the Chief’s spirit alive in the 21st century

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jazz Remembrance 

The Soothsayer: Remembering Wayne Shorter

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 David Beckett 0 Comments Jazz, Miles Davis, Milton Nascimento, RIP, Saxophone, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report

The groundbreaking jazz titan was 89

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jazz Progressive Rock Rock 

Celestial Terrestrial Commuters: Mahavishnu Orchestra’s Birds of Fire at 50

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Todd Manning 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Billy Cobham, Birds of Fire, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, John McLaughlin, Kraftwerk, Mahavishnu, Miles Davis, Rick Laird

Looking back on a landmark album that blurred the lines between jazz and prog

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Funk jazz 

Pictures Are Dead, Man: Miles Davis’ On the Corner Turns 50

October 23, 2022October 24, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Columbia Records, Funkadelic, Helen Butte, Kamasi Washington, Makaya, Miles Davis, On The Corner, Ornette Coleman, Sly and the Family Stone, Stankonia

Honoring an avant-funk masterpiece that’s still ahead of its time

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jazz 

John Schott Turns ‘Round Midnight’ Into Shavuos Miracle

May 25, 2022May 31, 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 5, 2024 Tim Sommer 5 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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