Tony Williams never liked the way George Coleman played, and the direction the band was moving in revolved around Tony. Tony wanted someone who was reaching for different things, like Ornette Coleman.

I loved watching Harry Reasoner’s expression on 60 Minutes when Miles told him he felt there was nothing wrong with being a pimp: “Women liked me,” rasped the controversial, iconoclastic, horn-playing ...

Herbie and Wayne... Wayne and Herbie... Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter are two of the dwindling number of true giants of Jazz. Any new release by them should be greeted with interest if not wonder.

When we use the term “inventor” to describe an artist, we think of a creative person who takes art to another level, place or concept. Breaking the rules and discarding the conventions that are well ...

Actor, producer and director Ewan McGregor has appeared in over 70 films and TV shows. He joins TODAY to talk about his new film "Miles Ahead," a biopic about Miles Davis where he plays Dave Braden, a ...

When I heard that “Miles Ahead,” the bio-pic about Miles Davis starring and directed by Don Cheadle, would be set in the late nineteen-seventies, when Davis had stopped performing in public—and would ...

Prominent jazz trumpeter Miles Davis performs at the Zenith Concert Hall in Paris. (Photo by THIERRY ORBAN/Sygma via Getty Images) This article originally appeared in the December 1991 issue of SPIN.