Historians may quibble over the exact origins of jazz. But few will doubt that, at……...
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Cameron Graves is a keyboardist, composer and founding member of The West Coast Get Down.…
Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, the album that set the legendary trumpeter on a course to fusion…
Herbie Hancock recorded My Point of View, his sophomore album for Blue Note Records, on this…
“Hat and Beard,” a tribute to pianist Thelonious Monk that employs dissonant harmonies, scattershot rhythms, and a wobbly, elastic melody in the service of good old-fashioned swing.
When Miles Davis released the album In a Silent Way in the summer of 1969, it represented a tectonic shift in the trumpeter’s artistry.
On this day (October 24) in 1966, trumpeter Miles Davis began the recording session for Miles…
It’s Fusion Friday, jazz fans. Brace for the weekend with “Emergency! the face-melting opening track…
Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, the album that set the legendary trumpeter on a course to fusion…
On this day (April 16) in 1963, trumpeter Miles Davis entered Columbia Studios in Los…
Pianist Andrew Hill, whose cerebral, loosely hinged brand of jazz was an essential link between…
Herbie Hancock recorded My Point of View, his sophomore album for Blue Note Records, on this…
“Hat and Beard,” a tribute to pianist Thelonious Monk that employs dissonant harmonies, scattershot rhythms, and a wobbly, elastic melody in the service of good old-fashioned swing.
When Miles Davis released the album In a Silent Way in the summer of 1969, it represented a tectonic shift in the trumpeter’s artistry.
On this date in 1964, trumpeter Miles Davis performed a concert at the Philharmonic Hall of Lincoln Center in New York City with a quintet that featured George Coleman on tenor saxophone, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums and Herbie Hancock on piano.
By: Joe Pye On May 5, an apartment in Miles Davis’ old Upper West Side…