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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.

Few artists have had the same cultural impact as jazz master Miles Davis, but if anyone could rival his revolutionary power, ...

Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s deep dive into the world of a beloved musical giant. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, which earned a Grammy nomination in the “Best Music Film” category, ...

This documentary on jazz icon Miles Davis opens with black and white footage of the trumpet player throwing punches in a boxing ring. A lifelong enthusiast of “the sweet science,” it also pops up ...

Jack DeJohnette, who has died aged 83, was one of the greatest drummers in modern jazz, working with the likes of Sonny ...

A small-statured man in a fine suit, hunched over and silhouetted against a smoky backdrop — trumpet to his mouth about to play a softly muted note that no one expected but perfectly fits the moment.

The first thing you notice are those eyes, impossibly large, all seeing and vibrating with a controlled anger. Then there was his raspy speaking voice, the result of an unhealed throat operation, as ...

Just as Miles Davis’s music evolved through his life, so did his sense of style, exemplifying what it meant to be “cool” with in both how he played and how he dressed. In the 1950s and 60s, Miles ...

The son of an East St. Louis dentist, Miles Davis displayed his genius at playing the trumpet as early as age 13, when he played with Eddie Randle’s Blue Devils. During the summer after he graduated ...

Most of what we know about the life of Miles Davis is either anecdotal or a matter of official record, and thus not absolutely reliable; but by all accounts, most pertinently his own, Miles Dav By ...

A still from MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL by Stanley Nelson, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by ...