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Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney and Miles Davis nearly formed supergroup in 1969

Wed, May 15 2013 11:16pm - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Jimi Hendrix , Paul McCartney and Miles Davis came close to forming a supergroup, it has been revealed.

Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, And Paul McCartney Almost A Supergroup

Sat, May 11 2013 9:53am - Source: Prefix Magazine

As Jimi Hendrix's bizarre character and virtuosic guitar playing beguiled audiences across the world at Woodstock Festival and Monterrey Pop Festival, the former mop- haired Beatle Paul McCartney was busy charming girls through his honey- sweet vocals and "boy next door" vibe.

Celebrating the legendary Miles Davis

Tue, May 07 2013 4:15pm - Source: BRING ME UP

Miles Davis is easily one of the top five best jazz artists of all time, if not THE best.

Miles Davis - Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol 2

Fri, April 05 2013 7:56am - Source: The Ripple Effect

In 2011 Sony issued Volume 1 in the Miles Davis bootleg series - three audio CD's and a DVD of his famous quintet with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams in full 1967 force.

Grievous Angel: Fusion Dub. A mix of Miles Davis-inspired jazz, funk and soul, in dub!

Sun, March 24 2013 9:47am - Source: Martini & Jopparelli

Fusion Dub. A mix of Miles Davis-inspired jazz, funk and soul, in dub!

New Music Monday: Duane Allman, Soft Machine Legacy, Miles Davis, Anthrax, Lenny White, Nat King Cole

Mon, March 18 2013 3:13pm - Source: Something Else!

A sprawling new retrospective set provides new vistas for view the shooting-star genius of the late Duane Allman, and we return once more to an emotional reminiscence from Miles Davis which would ultimately be his last major concert.

Miles Davis, with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra – Live at Montreux (2013)

Mon, March 18 2013 5:48am - Source: Something Else!

You see Miles Davis' age, you sense it, in his fingers.

Antoine Fuqua Says '24' Movie Is Dead, Still Waiting On The Script For Tupac Shakur Biopic

Mon, March 11 2013 7:11pm - Source: The Playlist

Antoine Fuqua has been a busy man: the " Training Day " helmer has " Olympus Has Fallen " about to hit theaters, just as his hands are in several pies, developing many upcoming projects.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Discuss Psychedelic Music, Hip Hop, And Anonymity

Tue, February 26 2013 11:19am - Source: Prefix Magazine

At face value, Unknown Mortal Orchestra may seem like a band stuck in the past, trying to relive the heyday years of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Liquid amniotic soundscapes coalesce with lo-fi textures that sound like a classic 60's vinyl- with the scratchy static and all.

Art Work: Miles Davis’ Agharta

Sun, February 10 2013 11:06am - Source: Fusion 45

Inspired by the book The Hollow Earth by Raymond Bernard, Tadanori Yokoo created the rare Japanese cover of Miles Davis ' 1975 set, Agharta.

‘Wonderful, and inspiring’: Robben Ford on his new album, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison … and Kiss?

Thu, February 07 2013 2:51pm - Source: Something Else!

Do-anything guitarist Robben Ford is hailing his forthcoming album Bringing It Back Home as "my favorite thing that I've done in a long time," and that's certainly saying something.

Miles Davis: The Bootleg Series, Volume 2: Live in Europe 1969

Thu, January 31 2013 6:32am - Source: Pitchfork Media

"It was really a bad motherfucker," Miles Davis wrote in his autobiography of the live band he led in 1969.

Miles Davis: So What - The Complete 1960 Amsterdam Concerts

Thu, December 27 2012 4:26pm - Source: Here Comes The Flood

Some performances get talked about decades after they happened.

Nigel Godrich compares Atoms For Peace album to Miles Davis

Fri, December 21 2012 10:44am - Source: NME

Producer Nigel Godrich has said the forthcoming album from Atoms For Peace was made in a similar way to classic albums by Miles Davis.

Mike Ragogna: Scotty McCreery's Christmas EPK Exclusive, Plus A Conversation With Danny O'Keefe

Fri, December 07 2012 5:54am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Danny O'Keefe, you're one of my favorite singer-songwriters ever.

Wild Belle

Wed, December 05 2012 2:41pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Brother-sister bands don't come a lot cooler than Wild Belle and, although "cool" might not be particularly on-trend terminology, their style embraces the sound of an era when it certainly was.

Nucleus – We’ll Talk About It Later

Thu, November 29 2012 12:03am - Source: Swan Fungus

If you follow me (@ evanhlevine ) or this blog (@ swanfungus ) on Twitter, you know that I mentioned this Nucleus record the other night.

Record Store Day/Black Friday 2012 picks: Bob Dylan, Joe Strummer, Miles Davis, My Morning Jacket

Thu, November 22 2012 3:52pm - Source: Something Else!

Where else will you find, side by side by side, new reissues of Miles Davis' Porgy and Bess, Nirvana's 1992 compilation Incesticide, and the Fat Boys' Pizza Box album — packaged in (yes) a pizza box?

Miles Davis could be funny, but he could also be nasty

Fri, November 09 2012 7:54am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

This picture was taken at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London.

London Jazz Festival returns to the Barbican

Sat, October 20 2012 1:07am - Source: Music-News.com

The London Jazz Festival, produced by Serious in association with BBC Radio 3 returns to the Barbican this November, featuring a fantastic line-up of concerts, workshops, FreeStages and a complementing film series in the Barbican cinemas.

Mike Ragogna: Jazzin' Around: Conversations With David Sanborn, Lee Ritenour and Kurt Elling

Fri, October 05 2012 11:23am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

David, let's get into Then Again: The David Sanborn Anthology , your new doubledisc anthology.

Time For Harmony In This World: An Interview With Hieroglyphic Being

Wed, October 03 2012 9:18am - Source: The Quietus

Conversations In An Analog Dialect; Temple Of The Sun; The Madness of Spheres; A Visitor From Someone Else's Memories; Rhythmes Circadiens; 2 Bath In The Black Sun; Alter Ur Destiny.

Desert Island Discs: 1970s Fusion Edition

Tue, September 25 2012 2:07pm - Source: Something Else!

Turns out, this was one funky ship that ran ashore.

TVD Recommends: Miles Davis House at Dim Mak Studios, 9/28

Mon, September 24 2012 6:08pm - Source: The Vinyl District

On September 28th, the Miles Davis House will celebrate the life, art, vision, and journey of music icon Miles Davis on the date of his passing, with an eclectic line-up of multi-genre buzzbands who pay homage to his global influence.

Desert Island Discs: Box Set Edition

Tue, September 11 2012 1:55pm - Source: Something Else!

Given a chance to stuff five box sets into our baggage before that fateful trip, our panel of intrepid travelers have selected the Beatles and Miles Davis as must-have items.

Album: Miles Davis Quintet, Zurich 1960 (TCB/Montreux Jazz)

Sat, August 11 2012 11:32pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Davis ever more minimal, Coltrane all "sheets of sound".

‘Miles really affected me’: Marcus Miller talks about Davis’ towering influence

Mon, August 06 2012 10:05pm - Source: Something Else!

Marcus Miller's newest release, Renaissance, directly references his time as a member of the Miles Davis band in the 1980s — even as the 52-year-old bassist continues to fuse jazz, R&B and rock after nearly three decades of work as a producer, sideman, composer and band leader.

One Track Mind: Mike Keneally explores the riddle of Miles Davis, the influence of Metallica

Thu, July 26 2012 12:45pm - Source: Something Else!

On this special edition of Something Else!

"Free In The Truest Sense": Bill Wells Remembers Lol Coxhill

Mon, July 16 2012 1:25pm - Source: The Quietus

Discovered busking by John Peel, saxophonist Lol Coxhill – who died last week at the age of 79 after a lengthy period of illness – was a jazz musician unconfined by limiting notions of what jazz is, and whose career spanned everything from truly free free improv to spoken-word to appearances on albums by artists from Kevin Ayers to The Damned.

Rising: Merchandise

Wed, July 11 2012 6:13pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

The Tampa, Florida, trio Merchandise first appeared on my college radio playlists in 2009.

Desert Island Discs: Double-Album Edition

Tue, July 10 2012 11:53am - Source: Something Else!

Travel back with us now to a time when rock stars, given a chance to make one good album, would often double down.

Miles Davis – ‘Summertime’

Fri, July 06 2012 8:49am - Source: One A Day

I played a lot of Gershwin's music in high school.

Antoine Fuqua Will Apparently Direct Don Cheadle's Miles Davis Biopic; Hip Hop Remix Album To Be Unveiled With Film's Release

Wed, June 20 2012 4:46pm - Source: The Playlist

It seems like we've been talking about this film for years now, but it looks like there may have been some significant progression of the Don Cheadle -shepherded film about jazz icon Miles Davis.

Pete Cosey Dead: Chicago Guitar Great and Miles Davis Collaborator Dies at 68

Thu, May 31 2012 2:12pm - Source: Spinner

Pete Cosey, a Chicago session guitarist mostly known for his work with the great Miles Davis , has passed away.

Mike Ragogna: Gil Evans' Centennial Tribute, Plus A Conversation With John Pzzarelli

Mon, May 14 2012 4:11am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Performing at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan, The Gil Evans Orchestra--led by Gil's son Miles Evans--will conclude a week of Gil Evans Centennial Celebrations on May 21st with a performance that pays tribute to the jazz arranger/composer icon.

Old music: Miles Davis – It Never Entered My Mind

Tue, March 27 2012 3:25pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

He's a touchstone in jazz conversation, a cornerstone in jazz collections, and this 1954 gemstone is just one dazzling example of his genius.

Animation – Agemo (2012)

Tue, March 20 2012 1:29pm - Source: Something Else!

Bob Belden has been in the thick of major jazz recordings issued or reissued in the last quarter century, but his name has rarely been presented in large, bright fonts.

TVD Recommends: Alexandra Starlight at Miles Davis House at SXSW, 3/15

Wed, March 14 2012 5:42pm - Source: The Vinyl District

If you're in Austin, Texas this week for the SXSW festival, be sure to stop by the historic Victory Grill this Thursday, March 15th for a rockin' showcase presented by the Miles Davis Estate , Monster (the famed maker of premium headphones) and Beta Records TV (a weekly music-centric television series broadcasted to over 1,000,000 viewers a week).

5-10-15-20: Robert Wyatt

Tue, February 21 2012 6:42pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

In his 67 years, Robert Wyatt has lived several musical lives.

Quick quips: Merle Haggard, America, Glen Campbell, Peter Hook, Academy of Country Music, Miles Davis

Fri, January 27 2012 8:28am - Source: Music-News.com

Merle Haggard is once again out of the hospital and has traveled from Macon, GA to his home in Redding, CA to recuperate.

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