Night #1 of our celebration of the Miles Davis centennial focuses on the trumpet genius's final years and his landmark collaboration with hip-hop producer Easy Mo Bee that resulted in Davis's final ...

Overture; The Doo-Bop Song; Chocolate Chip; Chocolate Chip (reprise); Rappin' Is Fun-damental; Vanilla Brownie; Duke's Beauty; Sonya (and Jane and Loretta and Alice); On the Next Corner; Blow; My ...

In 1954, Miles Davis's future meant considerably more than his past. Recording for Prestige since 1951 (The New Sounds was his first album for the label), the trumpeter came into his own in 1954.

Bebop -- Hard bop begins -- A new mainstream -- The scene -- The lyricists -- Tenors and organs -- The power of badness -- Hard bop heterodoxy : Monk, Mingus, Miles, and Trane -- Changes -- The last ...

One of the most innovative musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis contributed to the art of jazz in myriad ways. His classic 1959 album, A Kind of Blue, is the best-selling jazz record of all time ...

The NEC Jazz Orchestra celebrates one of the great jazz trumpeters and bandleaders of all time with Miles Ahead: Miles Davis at 100 on Thursday, April 16 at NEC's Jordan Hall. The concert, conducted ...