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In this ode to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and more, James Kaplan evokes a pivotal moment in modern music
Artists such as Haring, Basquiat and Dalí made attractions for the funfair, now reconstituted in LA
Late saxophonist Shorter dominated the festival’s final weekend, but on show too was jazz’s bright future
Top tips and the three deadly sins to avoid in the search for pants that are both comfortable and look good
Bootleg Series set captures the trumpeter after a five-year hiatus, though only a live set really takes off
This free-flowing performance from July 1991 finds the matured trumpeter relaxed and at ease
Songs from Stanley Nelson’s 2019 biopic highlight Davis’s astonishing stylistic experiments
Father and son duetted on piano and guitar in an evening with a strong eastern flavour and sometimes hypnotic effect
A gig loosely inspired by Miles Davis was more than mere imitation
Miles Davis’s version was one of the first successful jazz covers of a new-wave pop song
The veteran musician looks back on a life of performing with Miles Davis and other greats
From the ballet to the disco, from French to English and back again
The trumpeter’s searching for the exact tempo gave birth to the transformational music of these 10 cuts
Highlights from an event that had jazz in all its forms — orchestral to hip-hop to modernist
Notebook: Class rigidities and old notions of masculinity succumbed to the proto-yuppies
Ethan Hawke plays the great jazz trumpeter Chet Baker in this biopic
Robert Lepage’s 1991 piece about creativity and dependency still casts a powerful, magical spell
After featuring in the Disney film, Frank Churchill’s composition found a new life in the world of jazz
The pianist/producer celebrates the Miles Davis legacy by mixing samples of his recordings with vocal-heavy hip-hop and R&B
Simple, melodic and catchy, the song has sold millions of copies as the opening track of the landmark album Kind Of Blue
This year’s festival was dominated by the rhythms and textures of urban America
Notebook: The Artist espoused traditional musicianship and insisted on self-sufficiency
Cheadle stars in and directs an impressive biopic of the jazz trumpeter
Films about jazz musicians are risky ventures, but this year sees the arrival of three
Miles Davis’ style was as hip as his music. As a new biopic celebrates the radical musician, Alex Bilmes breaks down the ultimate jazz ensembles
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