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...As James Kaplan writes in his book about trumpeter Miles Davis, saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Bill Evans — three mid-century geniuses — 1959 brought on “jazz’s future with ruthless speed”....
.... ★★★★★ Miles Davis’s 1970 album Bitches Brew was a three-day studio jam session edited into music that still resonates today....
...Every fortnight, retired business owner Carolyn Davis drives more than 300 miles from her home in Florida’s Pensacola Beach to a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, for an hour-long infusion of a novel medicine...
...Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Ferris wheel, whose painted designs underscore that amusement parks were historically segregated in the US, makes its gleaming revolutions to the sounds of Miles Davis’s Tutu....
...Guitarist John Scofield, one-time sideman to Miles Davis and with credits as long as your arm, applied his steely jazz eye to a bar-room repertoire and joyously rekindled the passion of his formative years...
...Like most of today’s trumpeters of note, the influence of Miles Davis is strong — it was Harrold’s trumpet that graced Don Cheadle’s biopic Miles Ahead....
...During its heyday, Baldwin’s Saint-Paul home was a sanctuary for artists — especially black Americans in the twilight of their lives, from Miles Davis to Josephine Baker....
...Elsewhere, “Budo” and “Ray’s Idea”, recorded by Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, respectively, in the late 1940s, develop angular lines while Leonard Bernstein’s “Somewhere” is a beautiful ballad....
...Dipsea, Steep Ravine and Matt Davis Loop (6.6 miles) Good for: It’s technical and keeps you on your toes Not so good for: Anyone in a rush....
...She cites Miles Davis as “a timeless example” of having a long, varied career, one she seems to crave, without ever losing his unmistakable sound....
...Sinner was born in Innichen in South Tyrol, five miles from the border with Austria. His father was a cook, his mother a waitress, and he has an older brother, Mark....
...John Coltrane’s transition from Miles Davis sideman to expressionist iconoclast is well documented....
...An accompanying publication, Dream in the Rhythm, is rich with archival imagery from Lee Friedlander’s portraits of jazz musician Miles Davis to street scenes in 1970s South Africa captured by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe...
...I’ve added his 1987 record Phantom Navigator and his 1969 collaboration with Miles Davis, both of which are very much worth your time, to the Inside Politics playlist....
...About 2,500 miles across America, the 58th annual Super Bowl is blaring from three giant screens into a large, carpeted dining room....
...At one of them, Birdland in midtown Manhattan, she saw many of that era’s greats: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus and Lester Young....
...I’ve heard, heartbreakingly, that the same is true of Miles Davis. No matter. I’ve invited Dizzy Gillespie instead, who turns out to be a trencherman and excellent company....
...Former Brexit secretary David Davis last week called on the government to delay the introduction of mandatory voter ID or risk a situation where “tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people are...
...Music plays into the process for both Martin – who listened to Nine Inch Nails as she was designing the collection – and Berryman, who found himself on a jazz odyssey, starting with Miles Davis....
...The seventh volume of Columbia’s intriguing Bootleg Series finds Miles Davis fully emerged from a five-year hiatus and mastering the sonics of 1980s pop....
...It began with a classic 1950s intro originally used by Miles Davis, had solos for all and left the crowd wanting more. ★★★☆☆ pizzaexpresslive.com...
...Intimate and immersive, these remarkable clips transport us to that cramped, humid room as Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Carole King, David Bowie and countless others...
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...Miles Davis. Grace Jones. Then came the Nike account and a series of ad campaigns that helped transform a sports shoe company into a multibillion-dollar brand....
...Winehouse’s childhood home lies seven miles to the north of Camden Square, in the suburb of Southgate....
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