Still, despite his acclaim as one of the 20th Century's most influential artists, Miles Dewey Davis III led a turbulent life that resulted in a career of peaks and valleys, the latter often caused by his ongoing struggles with drugs and alcohol. It was shortly after kicking a heroin habit ...
Miles Davis in 1985; photo by Clayton Call/Redferns/Getty Images Miles Ahead, Don Cheadle’s new film about Miles Davis, takes place in 1979, toward the end of his silent years that began in 1975 after a perfect internal storm of burnout, creative block, and various health issues. In 198...
Davis and documentarian Roger Ross Williams are among the new influx of governors as Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs hailed “another step towards inclusion” on Monday.Steven Spielberg and Laura Dern are among others voted to the board for the first time, alongside Laura Karpman and Kevin ...
Jazz Legend Miles Davis on trumpet leading his Quintet at a concert in the Schaefer Music Festival series at Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park, New York City on July 8, 1969.Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images Miles Daviswasn’t even listed in the program book when he appeared for the first ...
Chick Corea was a jazz-fusion pioneer, working as a bandleader, keyboardist and songwriter for himself, the supergroup Return to Forever and influential artists like Miles Davis. Corea's definitive work came in the late '60s and '70s, but he was prolific throughout his career, releasing his...
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It’s been 50 years since Shorter started playing with Miles Davis’ now-classic Second Great Quintet — Shorter and Davis alongsideHerbie Hancock,Ron Carter, and Tony Williams — yet he remembers his time with Miles like it was yesterday. “I used to talk to Miles all the time,...
As Davis picked up his horn, Waller started the tapes rolling—one master and one safety—on the Ampex reel-to-reel recorders, and Townsend pushed the intercom button. “Miles, where are you gonna work now?” he asked. The producer was referring to Davis’s positi...
It’s been 50 years since Shorter started playing with Miles Davis’ now-classic Second Great Quintet — Shorter and Davis alongsideHerbie Hancock,Ron Carter, and Tony Williams — yet he remembers his time with Miles like it was yesterday. “I used to talk to Miles all the...