Ian Carr, a Scottish-born trumpeter who, like his formidable influence, Miles Davis, was an early practitioner of jazz-rock fusion and later repaid his artistic debt by writing Davis’s biography, died ...

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

Back in the 1980s, Spin magazine asked Quincy Troupe who he’d like to write about and the poet and journalist didn’t hesitate to answer. “I said I’d like to write about Miles Davis,” Troupe, 83, says ...

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For the 500th episode of the World of Jazz show some of my favourite musicians with a focus on Sam Rivers, a new album from Nate Wooley, and a selection of music from Miles Davis and John Coltrane. To ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I loved watching Harry Reasoner’s expression on 60 Minutes when Miles told him he felt there was nothing wrong with being a pimp: ...

Miles Davis vowed never to live in the past. He never even kept any of his old records in his house. He was known for changing his outfits five to six times a day. Every time the jazz icon picked up ...

Years ago, in one of his stand-up comedy routines on the “Tonight” show, Bill Cosby tried to describe the experience of listening to the music of Miles Davis. As befits a profoundly physical comedian, ...