AP - Dec 15, 2009
Fifty years after jazz legend Miles Davis recorded Kind of Blue, the House voted Tuesday to honor the landmark album s contribution to the genre. Davis collaborated on the record with saxophonists John...
More »AP - Oct 6, 2009
Jimmy Cobb could hardly imagine he would be making history when he arrived at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio 50 years ago for the first of two recording sessions with Miles Davis. I was always...
More »Reuters - Oct 1, 2008
As record albums go, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue may not by the biggest seller of all time, but it has influenced generations of jazz and other musicians and is about to celebrate its 50th birthday....
More »AP - Aug 29, 2007
Hilly Kristal had no idea what he was unleashing when he welcomed a rash of unknown bands onstage in his dank Bowery dive: Television, the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, the Patti Smith Group. Kristal...
More »AP - Aug 17, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) — Max Roach got his first musical break at age 16, filling in when Duke Ellington s drummer fell ill in 1940. Those three nights spawned a career that would make the self-taught Roach...
More »AP - Aug 8, 2007
Bassist Ron Carter sometimes wishes he could go back in time to the 1960s and play again with the Miles Davis Quintet — one of the most acclaimed and influential small combos in jazz history. It...
More »AP - Sep 28, 2006
The King of Cool, Miles Davis, was posthumously inducted into Hollywood s RockWalk on Thursday. The event was attended by musicians and members of the Davis family, including his son, Erin, and daughter...
More »AP - Jun 26, 2006
To say 2006 is a busy year for Miles Davis and the estate of the late jazz virtuoso would be like saying Davis was a decent trumpet player. CDs, a DVD, a book, a movie, induction into the Rock and Roll...
More »USRN - Mar 7, 2001
(3/7/01, 10 a.m. ET) - Singer Brian McKnight was one of the celebrities in attendance at the recent taping of the NAACP s Image Awards: A Journey Of Excellence ceremonies in Los Angeles. The singer s...
More »USRN - May 24, 2000
(5/25/00, 7 a.m. ET) - It has been widely reported that today (May 25) would have been trumpet legend Miles Davis s 74th birthday, although many sources report his birthday as May 26. Miles Dewey Davis...
More »USRN - Apr 12, 2000
(4/12/00, 12 p.m. ET) - Legendary keyboardist Herbie Hancock celebrates his 60th birthday today (April 12). Born in Chicago in 1940, Hancock began playing the piano at the age of seven and soloed with...
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