Miles
By Tom Palumbo from New York City, USA (Miles Davis) [CC-BY-SA-2.0)
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- Gil Evans DocumentaryThe first part of this documentary discusses the Gil Evans collaboration with Miles Davis that benefited them both.
Sketches of Spain.
Birth of the Cool.
Jazz became Gunther Schuller's new obsession. In the late '40s and early '50s, French horn players were rare in jazz ensembles, and that helped him get in with some greats — including Miles Davis. The trumpeter invited Schuller to record on the sessions that became the classic album The Birth of the Cool.
Miles Davis - Beyond Wikipedia
- Miles Davis. PBS. Jazz by Ken BurnsGrove biography includes links to musicians important in Davis' career and links to audio programs about Miles Davis.
- Miles Davis, Trumpeter Dies, Jazz Genius, 65, Defined Cool.This New York Times obituary provides a great introduction.
- Miles Davis Biography - Rolling StoneArticle includes links to Rolling Stone archives with a 1969 interview with Davis and record reviews.
- Miles Davis. NPR. audio linksLinks to many audio interviews and profiles and reviews of Miles Davis records and concerts.
- How A Stressful Night For Miles Davis Spawned Two Classic AlbumsFifty years ago, on Feb. 12, 1964, Miles Davis led a band through one of the most exciting gigs to ever take place at New York's Philharmonic Hall. The show was a cultural event: a benefit for voter registration in Louisiana and Mississippi at the high point of the the civil rights movement, and an unofficial homage to John F. Kennedy, who had been assassinated a few months before. And the recording of the evening would turn into not one, but two live albums: the ballad-based My Funny Valentine and the more frenetic Four & More.
- A 1969 Bootleg Unearths Miles Davis' 'Lost' QuintetThis 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.
- MIT Audio Lecture - Miles Davis & Gil Evans CollaborationsGil Evans / Miles Davis collaborations (Guest lecturer: Steve Lajoie) Technical music lecture discusses musicality of the collaborations including Porgy & Bess but you must search elsewhere to hear the music.
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Books!
Blue Moment Miles Davis's Kind of blue and the remaking of modern music Author: Richard Williams by Call Number: Check this link for a library near youISBN: 9780393076639Publication Date: 2010
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New books
Miles Davis by Call Number: Check the link above for a library near youISBN: 9780760342626Publication Date: 2012
