Miles Davis and the Influence of the Cool
Miles Davis changed the course of modern Jazz throughout his remarkable career. Swing into the world of Miles Davis and his charismatic style that influenced musicians for decades to come.
The "Bad Boy" of Jazz.
Commentator Gerald Early reflects on what would have been the 70th birthday of trumpeter Miles Davis.
Soundtrack to the French film "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud,"
Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a reissue of a MILES DAVIS album that was originally the soundtrack for Louis Malle's first feature film.
Jazz Musician and Author Arthur Taylor.
Drummer Arthur Taylor. He's played with Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk and he's put together a new expanded collection of interviews he's done with fellow musicians: "Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews," (Da Capo Press). It's one of the few books about black jazz musicians by a black man, and because of that Taylor's subjects were able to talk freely about the role of black artists in white society.
Jazz Drummer Tony Williams.
Jazz drummer Tony Williams.
Jazz Trumpeter Red Rodney.
Jazz trumpeter Red Rodney. Rodney's played with the greats...Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Charlie Parker, among many others. He has a new album, called "Code Red," on the Continuum label.
Jazz bassist Ron Carter
Jazz bassist Ron Carter has more than 2,000 recordings to his credit. From 1963-1968 he was part of the Miles Davis Quintet with Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams and Wayne Shorter. Over the years he's played with Randy Weston, Herbie Mann, Betty Carter, Eric Dolphy, Sony Rollins, McCoy Tyner and others. Carter's new CD is Stardust.
Wayne Shorter's 'Emanon' Is An Oversized, Mixed-Media Jazz Event
Decades after he changed modern music as member of Miles Davis' 1960s quintet, and then as co-founder of the band Weather Report, Shorter continues to break ground with a new triple album.
Miles Davis and "The Birth of the Cool."
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Miles Davis "Birth of the Cool" album. That influential album from 1950 has just been reissued on CD by Capitol.
Remembering Miles Davis.
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead remembers jazz great Miles Davis, who died this weekend at age 65.