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NEWS ABOUT: Miles Davis

Miles Davis stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - In 1959, Miles Davis was looking to forge a path away from the bebop spearheaded by mentor Charlie Parker, Fred Kaplan writes on Slate. “Parker not only invented bebop, he perfected it,” Kaplan continues, leaving Davis nowhere else to go. So when Davis was introduced to so-called “... More »

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entertainment • music • jazz • Miles Davis • Charlie Parker • John Coltrane • Bill Evans • Cannonball Adderley • Kind of Blue • bebop • modal

obituary

 Jazz Pioneer 
 George Russell  
 Dead at 86 

His theory influenced Miles Davis, John Coltrane

Jul 28, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jazz innovator George Russell died at 86 yesterday in Boston of Alzheimer’s complications, the Globe reports. Russell developed a jazz theory that played a key role on landmark records like Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. Russell’s theory “gives you a... More »

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entertainment • music • obituary • jazz • Miles Davis • Herbie Hancock • Jay-ZTV • John Coltrane • George Russell • Dizzie Gillespie

OPINION

 1959: The Apex of Jazz 


Jul 20, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of jazz’s best year jazz ever, Martin Johnson writes for the Root. 1959 saw canonical discs from genre royalty: “Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, John Coltrane’s Giant Steps, Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz to Come, Dave Brubeck’s Time Out... More »

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entertainment • music • jazz • Miles Davis • Charlie Parker • album • Dizzy Gillespie • recording • Jay-ZTV • Charles Mingus • John Coltrane • Ornette Coleman • Dave Brubeck

(Newser) - The world of hip-hop style is forsaking gaudy bling for refinement, to the delight of trendsetting rapper-actor Common. “It’s great that is gone,” he tells the Los Angeles Times of the pendant-and-Cristal days. “That really didn't exemplify style. It was just like, ‘I have the... More »

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entertainment • hip-hop • clothing • Miles Davis • Malcolm X • personal style • Common • designer fashion • Cristal

glossies

 Kind of Blue 
 Still the Gold 
 Standard at 50 

Topselling jazz album helped redefine American music

Jan 31, 09 5:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Fifty years to the day since its debut, Miles Davis’ signature album Kind of Blue remains beautiful and inviting—"like meeting an old friend," Malcolm Jones writes in Newsweek. The record helped jazz earn its title as America’s classical music and remains the bestselling jazz album ever.... More »

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music • jazz • musician • Miles Davis • blues

 50 Top Pop Brainiacs 

Lennon, Marley, Berry rock on

May 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Towering natural abilities" and "exceptional creative powers" infuse the most memorable music of generations, forged by Blender's top 50 pop-music geniuses. The top 10:
  1. Bob Dylan: Each of his brave self-reinventions is "an authentic American original."
  2. John Lennon: "His drive pushed the Beatles
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music • Kurt Cobain • Keith Richards • rock stars • Bob Dylan • John Lennon • pop music • celebrity • musician • Stevie Wonder • Miles Davis • Madonna • Mick Jagger • Thom Yorke • Bob Marley • Chuck Berry

Jazz Giant Zawinul Dead at 75

Keyboardist defended 'electric jazz' against purists

Sep 11, 07 7:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Zawinul, the keyboardist who plugged America into "Electric Jazz" in the 1970s, has died at age 75. Best known for playing jazz-rock fusion with Miles Davis and starting up Weather Report with Wayne Shorter, Zawinul defended his electric sound against jazz purists. "There is no difference between... More »

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obituary • Austria • jazz • musician • Vienna • Joe Zawinul • Miles Davis • Wayne Shorter • electric • Maynard Ferguson • Dinah Washington • Cannonball Adderly

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