Trumpeter Miles Davis was the quintessence of cool. A musical icon as well as a cultural one, Davis took his place in the ...

TAMPA, FL — On Sunday, September 28th, Colors of Jazz on WMNF 88.5 FM will pay tribute to one of the most iconic figures in American music history: Miles Davis. Marking the 34th anniversary of his ...

Bobby Troup hosted this excellent television show that featured the best in contemporary jazz; this episode collects a stunning array of jazz heavyweights together on one stage. The performance was ...

Few artists have had the same cultural impact as jazz master Miles Davis, but if anyone could rival his revolutionary power, ...

ST. LOUIS -- Jazz great Miles Davis was born in Alton, Ill., and grew up in East St. Louis, Ill. He left the St. Louis area at 18 to become one of jazz's premiere innovators, a trumpet player, ...

It didn’t take long after its release on August 17, 1959, for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue to ascend to a throne it has yet to vacate in all of the decades that have followed. With its scepter, came a ...

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- The man who made a new documentary about Miles Davis calls the late jazz trumpeter, "the coolest man who ever lived," and producer/director Stanley Nelson says ...

*LOS ANGELES – Author and entertainment executive Michael Stradford pens “MilesStyle: The Fashion Of Miles Davis,” the first book on the style of legendary jazz musician, Miles Davis, often called ...

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Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite legacy jazz trumpet players. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite legacy trumpet players poll was ...

You likely know “Ascenseur pour l’échafaud” as one of Davis’ final albums. The French film (known as “Elevator to the Gallows” in the U.S.) wasn’t exactly a blockbuster. But Davis and his band ...

And overshadowed by more flamboyant musicians, Coleman has nonetheless kept his cool. Nowadays he is understood as one of the greatest jazz musicians: in 2015, he was named a National Endowment for ...