Miles Davis News

What do you get when you cross Miles Davis, Clint Eastwood's American West, and the festering wildness of Lord of the Flies ? Answer: Angelo Spencer et Les Haut Sommets .

Vince Wilburn, Jr. and Erin Davis were at NAMM to launch the new Miles Davis Tribute headphones by Monster Cable at the Monster/Gibson booth, where they ran into fellow audiophile - Slash, a Gibson artist.

Jazz abounds on television, in movies and commercials. Yet somehow a ' maybe it's your penchant for Miley Cyrus over Miles Davis a ' you've made it this far in life without knowing a thing about it.

NEW YORK, NY February 04, 2010 - "I got mixed up with my husband, that's how I got mixed up with the Vanguard." That's Lorraine Gordon, owner of the The Village Vanguard jazz club.

Notes from the Net: More on WSQ and M'Boom; Metheny's Orchestrion released; plus news, reviews, interviews, and more Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St.

Whether he's playing with James Taylor , David Bowie , The Rolling Stones or Miles Davis , master saxophonist David Sanborn says music is music.

Herbie Hancock will always be one of the most revered and controversial figures in jazz -- just as his employer/mentor Miles Davis was when he was alive.

MY WIFE AND I just treated ourselves to a new speaker set - the old amplifier stopped working and it was cheaper to buy new than repair it.

When Bruce Weber released Let's Get Lost in 1988, his documentary on the trumpeter Chet Baker, it joined the likes of Bertrand Tavernier's Round Midnight and Clint Eastwood's Bird in a group of late-1980s films that showed prominent jazz artists on the skids.

Ron Carter plays Miles Davis' iconic "So What" at a tempo somewhere between the Kind of Blue original and the breakneck pace set by the 1960s quintet.

Awards, schmawards. The most compelling reason to watch the annual Grammy Awards ceremony is the parade of live performances by the music industry's incomparable greats and top-selling artists.

Headline should read: 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Presenters and Performers Will Appreciate a New Shade of blu The corrected release reads: 52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS PRESENTERS AND PERFORMERS WILL APPRECIATE A NEW SHADE OF BLU blu Cigs Electronic Cigarettes a Featured Gift for Music's Biggest Night Like Miles Davis' groundbreaking album Kind of Blue, ...

Guitarist Mike Stern has been nominated six times for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, but he's never won the coveted trophy.

Jazz News: Interview: Gunther Schuller Interview: Gunther Schuller SOURCE: JazzWax by Marc Myers Gunther Schuller has composed more than 160 original classical and jazz-classical works.

Maybe there's something to be said for throwback music. It can feel comforting to hear new music laced with the crackle of an old LP, or the warm horn harmonies of a vintage gospel record.

Conrad Herwig 's Latin Side All Star Band The Blue Note New York, New York January 11, 2010 "Que Viva Miles, 'Trane, Herbie & Wayne." For more than a decade, trombonist Conrad Herwig has created a highly identifiable niche in contemporary jazz with his series of Latin Side CDs, which began with the startling The Latin Side of John Coltrane .

Influential recordings from the late 1960s by pioneering keyboardists brought the Rhodes electric piano to the forefront of modern music.

Hot Cup Records Even though jazz is an improvised art that's bursting with the unexpected, some groups stand out as being especially adventurous and wild.

The Literary CafA© will present celebrated jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath in a presentation and book signing of his new book, "I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath" , at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan.

The Worst Pop Band Ever's title displays a sense of humor and frivolity, but in name only.