Tagged: Miles Davis

1:27pm

Wed January 30, 2013
Jazz & Blues

A 1969 bootleg unearths Miles Davis' 'lost' quintet

Originally published on Wed January 30, 2013 3:18 pm

Credit Courtesy of the artist

After a slew of multidisc sets devoted to key points in the career of Miles Davis, you'd think Columbia Records would have unearthed every speck of consequential music by now. But not quite.

This week, Columbia brings out Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 — a three-CD, one-DVD set devoted to the jazz maverick's "lost" quintet, his touring band from 1969.

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11:30am

Wed September 14, 2011
Jazz & Blues

Miles Davis Experience production coming to Washington

Perhaps the most prolific time in the career of Miles Davis was from 1949 to 1959, and to pay tribute to these historic years in jazz and Davis’ career, CAMI Music has joined forces with Miles Davis Properties and Blue Note Records for an innovative music and historical production, The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959.

The tour will feature three shows in Washington State.

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11:06am

Thu May 26, 2011
GROOVENOTES

Plenty of celebration on the 85th birthday of Miles Davis

Credit Life Magazine

Miles Davis would have been 85 years old today, and the birth of the legendary trumpeter is being celebrated in several ways and places around the country today.

LIFE.com just posted never-before-seen photos of Miles from 1958.

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