Miles Davis News

Evans' most famous trio was with Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums, who played together from 1959-1961 and developed an almost-telepathic sense of interplay.

Chris Botti , American trumpeter and composer, will be playing at Harrah's on Saturday, Feb.

February 12, 2012: Maxwell Lemuel Roach is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history.

R.J. DeLuke is an indefatigable jazz fan and arbiter elegantiarum who aspires to ultimate hipness; also an upstate NY freelance writer for various media.

Guitarist John McLaughlin 's Mahavishnu Orchestra A was the highest-flying of any ensemble emerging from Miles Davis' jazz-rock initiative in the early 1970s, establishing a previously unapproached standard of virtuosity, improvisational excitement and commercial success for all-instrumental electric bands to follow.

Even sitting with Thara Memory in the same room -- the sparse but spacious rehearsal area in the back of the Musicians Union -- you're left to accept that he's hearing something different than you.

This weekend there's jazz, there's an 'out of the house" concert and there's metal.

NB: Don't forget to clear all samples through the proper channels .] The first 15 seconds of Family 's "Part of the Load" sound like something off Miles Davis ' Get Up With It - which is pretty odd, considering Family are a British prog-rock band.

The Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach has been a part of the community since the 1940s, during a time when racial segregation was a part of the South Bay as well as much of the country.

Any chance to see archival footage of Miles Davis in performance is a treat, mainly because, for a career that spanned six decades, so little of it seems available.

Saturday, February 11, 11am-4pm: Audio High will host a vinyl sale to benefit the Friends of Palo Alto Library.

Paul McCartney has revealed the full track list to "Kisses On The Bottom," the singer-songwriter's first album since 2007 that is set for a Feb.

A teenage boy at a school in Kingsbury "wowed" his teacher when he won the chance to perform at one of the world's most famous jazz clubs.

Getting the nod from Benny Goodman during a sizzling version of "Sing, Sing Sing" at Carnegie Hall, in January 1938, pianist Jess Stacey quietly began to unfurl one of the greatest solos in jazz history.

"Thara's commitment to our music is a beacon of inspiration to musicians everywhere, and an example for all practitioners of the arts and all educators." Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding, a former student In a speech given at the Mission Theater the previous year, before the Portland Jazz Festival kicked off, perennial honoree, the honorable ... (more)

Les McCann is known for his extemporaneous ability to deliver a performance on the whim of a notion to play from his core.

YES, PLEASE: Grohg, Overtone Quartet, Wanda Jackson, Nantucket, Driver, Hidden Cat, Fuck the Biters, Doomtree, Tatsuya.

BALTIMOREA -Mark Cottman was born and raised in Baltimore. He's a self-taught artist who gave up his career to pursue his passion.

On Thursday evening the Chicago Flamenco Festival kicks off with a performance by Diego Amador 's trio at Instituto Cervantes .

If you're a Miles Davis fan or a jazz fan, then you have to check out this great interview with Dion Graham about his recent narration of Miles: The Autobiography .