There are certain moments in jazz history where everything simply clicks. Miles ’56: The Prestige Recordings captures one of ...

To mark the occasion of Miles Davis' centennial, trumpeter Keyon Harrold put on a concert at Carnegie Hall and shared a ...

Miles Davis' nephew Vincent Wilburn Jr. brings the Miles Electric Band to Saratoga for the jazz icon's centennial year.

At the time of this set’s performances, Miles Davis was one of the most pivotal figures in jazz music, and he had long seen France as being important to his career. From a 1949 festival appearance ...

He’s been called one of the most important figures of the 20th century, a master of reinvention who changed the face of music many times over. Now the impact and legacy of jazz trumpeter and band ...

Clarke Peters explores what many consider the apex of Miles Davis’s career: 1959, the year of Kind of Blue. It was a time of tailored suits, fast cars, and a radical new sound that redefined the ...

Dr Richard Carter and Meirion Bowen respond to an editorial which argues that the musician still shapes modern music 100 years after his birth Your editorial marking the centenary of Miles Davis’s ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at the first real glimpse of electric Miles and ...

On May 26, master trumpet player and bandleader Miles Dewey Davis III, would have turned 100 had he not passed away in 1991 at age 65. Innovative, aesthetically powerful and, at times, highly ...

There are many things about Miles Davis to remember as we mark 100 years since his birth. There’s the 1950s and 60s elegance and lyricism, with his Harmon muted trumpet, the tone of which was once ...

Miles Davis would have been a cool 100 years old were he alive today. Davis, who died in 1991, broke through with 1957's "The Birth of the Cool" and cool was something the trumpeter embodied. Born on ...

One hundred years after the late Miles Davis was born, the revolutionary trumpet player remains one of the 20th century's most influential artists. We look back at the life and legacy of a complex, ...