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3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane ... both achieved fame through a conversational lyricism—Presley with his vocal approach and Davis with his trumpet. What's more, both Presley and Davis ..
T he cool cat blowing his muted trumpet in the corner of the Penumbra’s stage looks like he just stepped off the cover of a ...
Walkin’ by Miles Davis was released in 1957 but brings together two sessions from 1954 that were previously released in a 10” ...
The Musings of Miles finds Miles Davis in a thoughtful, reflective mood. This was his first session for Prestige as a leader ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few musicians have reshaped the sound of modern music as profoundly as Miles Davis ... smooth feel. Davis’ ...
Bassist Paul Chambers had supported both Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins ... On their 1955 live recording At the Cafe Bohemia (Blue Note), the Jazz Messengers' Art Blakey introduced his trumpet player, ...
At this point in time, anything that I could say about Miles Davis's Kind of Blue has been written before in vastly more creative approaches. So the prospect of reviewing the most discussed album ...
In one spectacular evening, spanning 2 unique sets, multi-award winning jazz trumpet iconoclast Brownman Ali -- heralded by the Hamilton Spec as "one of the greatest interpreters of Miles Davis ...
In 1984, Miles Davis met the artist Jo Gelbard when they lived in the same apartment block in New York. “He always had his trumpet, his red trumpet, and in the case was always a sketch pad and ...