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Miles Davis has been called the "Picasso of Jazz," and his 50-year career is the nucleus of jazz history during his lifetime. He was a master of re-invention, always remaining central in the various aesthetic shapes that jazz took on during his lifetime. From the timeless Kind of Blue to the groundbreaking fusion of Bitches Brew, Davis created some of the most influential jazz LPs of all time. Modern jazz took form around Davis, a cultural icon who mastered his field. In his late teens and early 20s, he began playing trumpet with such bop greats as saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie early, and in 1949, he recorded the songs that would eventually be released as 1957's Birth of the Cool. A record contract with Prestige in the early 1950s allowed him to put together several records with his Miles Davis Quintet (which included John Coltrane on saxophone and Red Garland on piano). 1959's Kind of Blue remains his most famous LP, The late '60s saw Miles embracing a rock dynamic in his music that was more electric, more funky, more rhythmic, and simply more "out there" than anything that had preceded it. He worked repeatedly with musicians like John McLaughlin and Billy Cobham of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and with records like 1969's In a Silent Way, 1970's Bitches Brew, and 1972's On the Corner, he continued his pop chart visibility with albums are absolute landmarks in jazz-funk/fusion. This era of Davis' music would come to have a profound influence on younger jazz musicians, the progressive rock movement in Europe, in addition to rock musicians like the Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix. In 1975, Davis started a five-year break from recording due to health reasons, and his re-arrival to recording and touring saw him winning Grammys throughout the '80s for albums like We Want Miles and Aura. Davis passed away on September 28, 1991 due to pneumonia, respiratory failure, and a stroke. He won a posthumous Grammy for 1992's Doo-Bop, and to this day, he remains revered as the premier jazz pioneer of the twentieth century.“more

  Performer Track(s) Date Venue Length Rating  
Miles Davis CONCERT Aug 2, 1970 CBS Records Convention 25:47 4.36
Miles Davis CONCERT Aug 18, 1970 Tanglewood 43:31 4.68
Miles Davis CONCERT May 7, 1971 Fillmore West 1:05:44 4.40
Miles Davis Quintet CONCERT Mar 6, 1970
Early Show
Fillmore East 42:12 4.60
Miles Davis Quintet CONCERT Mar 6, 1970
Late Show
Fillmore East 41:05 4.38
Miles Davis Quintet CONCERT Mar 7, 1970 Fillmore East 1:30:11 4.64
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    by David GendelmanJune 12, 2009Comments (3)

    "In the two years since they’d made their first record, the Drags had become the real deal, a success, even if not everyone understood it." (read more)

  • Your Handy Guide to the Month in Music

    by Mike ConklinApril 1, 2009Comments (8)

    "Read about all the stuff that happened in the music world, then get back to work or whatever." (read more)

  • Fleetwood Mac: Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London

    by Dinky DawsonMarch 9, 2009Comments (1)

    "Unbeknownst to the band, Fleetwood cajoled Jagger into loaning him an inflatable penis, complete with testicles, for this performance." (read more)

  • Jeff Buckley: Keeper of the Flame

    by Mark PaytressJanuary 7, 2009Comments (1)

    Originally published in The Guardian, 30 October 2002 It is five years since Jeff Buckley took his final, mid-evening stroll into the Wolf River, a sleepy tourist spot on the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee. Fully clothed and still wearing his combat boots, he splashed around happily, singing out lines from Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” The idyll was cruelly curtailed when a menacing undertow from a passing tugboat pulled Buckley under. (read more)

  • Spindrift: The Legend of God's Gun

    by Jim WelteDecember 3, 2008Comments (1)

    It's 1965, and Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone wants to screen his new film, A Fistful of Dollars, in the United States. But instead of introducing the spaghetti Western in Hollywood or New York, United Artists makes the rather batty decision to screen it at the Longshoreman's Hall along Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. The venue has been hosting a series of Acid Tests held by Ken Kesey, and Leone and the studio agree that these intrepid trippers are exactly (read more)

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