Bobby Troup hosted this excellent television show that featured the best in contemporary jazz; this episode collects a stunning array of jazz heavyweights together on one stage. The performance was ...

TAMPA, FL — On Sunday, September 28th, Colors of Jazz on WMNF 88.5 FM will pay tribute to one of the most iconic figures in American music history: Miles Davis. Marking the 34th anniversary of his ...

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.

It didn’t take long after its release on August 17, 1959, for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue to ascend to a throne it has yet to vacate in all of the decades that have followed. With its scepter, came a ...

*LOS ANGELES – Author and entertainment executive Michael Stradford pens “MilesStyle: The Fashion Of Miles Davis,” the first book on the style of legendary jazz musician, Miles Davis, often called ...

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- The man who made a new documentary about Miles Davis calls the late jazz trumpeter, "the coolest man who ever lived," and producer/director Stanley Nelson says ...

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In “3 Shades of Blue,” journalist James Kaplan — author, among other books, of “Frank: The Voice,” and “Sinatra: The Chairman” — takes a deep dive into these developments. His book is structured ...

Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite legacy jazz trumpet players. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite legacy trumpet players poll was ...

ST. LOUIS -- Jazz great Miles Davis was born in Alton, Ill., and grew up in East St. Louis, Ill. He left the St. Louis area at 18 to become one of jazz's premiere innovators, a trumpet player, ...

There was just enough heat and jazz in the air last Friday evening to conjure up images of New Orleans. Even visitors arriving on time had to drive to a distant parking lot since those nearby were ...

You likely know “Ascenseur pour l’échafaud” as one of Davis’ final albums. The French film (known as “Elevator to the Gallows” in the U.S.) wasn’t exactly a blockbuster. But Davis and his band ...