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Colorful Miles Davis stories are legion – a quick Google search will net you plenty revolving around the jazz icon's famous temper.Davis was just as formidable when it came to his musical vision, a ...

Miles Davis kept forcing jazz in new directions, but his stark, lyrical trumpet sound was a constant, and it still seduces. By Jesse Hamlin, Chronicle Staff Writer July 14, 2006.

In the first 20 minutes of the terrific new documentary “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool,” we see the jazz legend grow up in St. Louis, move to New York, enroll at Juilliard, join Charlie ...

In 1970, Miles Davis Played Four Sets For A New Audience That June, Miles Davis played four nights at the New York rock palace Fillmore East. Those performances are now out in full for the first time.

When Miles Davis’ nephew Vince Wilburn Jr. saw the newest documentary exploring the life of the late trumpeter, his eyes swelled with tears. According to the drummer, who worked alongside Davis ...

The new Miles Davis biopic begins in the 1970s, at the end of Davis' five-year hiatus from the music scene. Critic David Edelstein calls Don Cheadle's portrayal of the musician "electrifying." ...

Each musician is the focus of a new biopic — Don Cheadle's "Miles Ahead," starring Cheadle as Davis, came out April 8, and Cynthia Mort's "Nina," starring Zoe Saldana as Simone, is due out on ...

When the Miles Davis Quintet headed to Europe in spring 1960, John Coltrane had already submitted his resignation. If he felt the common dread of leaving something big behind, it didn’t show ...