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Nov 14, 1991 · Following Miles Davis ‘ death on September 28th, 1991, Rolling Stone asked many of his famous friends, collaborators, and admirers to reflect on the genius of the legendary trumpeter-bandleader....
- Chick Corea
- Betty Davis
- Gil Evans
- Herbie Hancock
- Teo Macero
- John Mclaughlin
- Marcus Miller
- Sonny Rollins
- Wayne Shorter
- Tony Williams
As the son of a Dixieland trumpeter, it’s fair to say that pianist Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea was born with jazz in his blood. Unsurprisingly, he began playing piano (and drums) as a child, studying with revered concert pianist Salvatore Sullo before performing in several ensembles while at Columbia University and Juilliard. From there, he’d cre...
Betty Davis (née Mabry) never recorded a note of music with her husband, but she stands as one of his most important collaborators. Nineteen years Miles’ junior, Betty introduced him to a new generation of Black musical geniuses, including Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. Though their marriage lasted just one year (they remained close until his death), ...
“My best friend is Gil Evans,” Davis once said of the Canadian-American pianist and arranger. The two met in 1948, prior to recording songs that would be released nine years later on Birth of the Cool. At that same time, Davis was getting tired of recording and touring with his Quintet and wanted to try something else and decided to reteam with Eva...
Another one of Davis’ most well-known pianists (in addition to being an accomplished bandleader and actor), Herbie Hancock was labeled a child prodigy for his ability to play classical pieces by greats like Mozart. Although he looked to jazz titans Chris Anderson, Coleman Hawkins and Donald Byrd for influence and instruction, Hancock also developed...
Attilio Joseph “Teo” Macero just might be the most important name on this list, even if you don’t recognize it. As a producer for Columbia Records, Macero mixed and engineered countless classics. You’ve almost certainly heard something he had a hand in making: the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out, Thelonious Monk’s Monk’s Dream, Charles Mingus’ Ming...
John McLaughlin is most admired as the guitarist and leader of arguably the top jazz fusion ensemble of the 1970s and 1980s, Mahavishnu Orchestra, which he founded with another Davis alumnus, drummer Billy Cobham. After studying violin and piano as a child, he tapped into different styles of guitar-playing (such as flamenco, blues, and classical — ...
After a six-year hiatus, Davis returned to the studio with a new band in 1980. Among the cast of characters who appeared on his 1981 comeback album, The Man With the Horn, was bassist and multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller, then a member of the Saturday Night Live band. (He turned 21 two weeks into the album’s recording.) Miller would play on five...
Despite being neither the free jazz innovator that John Coltrane was nor the jazz fusion pioneer that Wayne Shorter was, Sonny Rollins was one of the most technically brilliant saxophonists to play alongside Davis, which is to say he’s among the greatest jazz musicians ever. Such was Rollins’ dedication to mastering his craft that, at the height of...
Considering that he was born in the early 1930s, it’s no shock that Weather Report co-founder Wayne Shorter rose to prominence earlier than many of the other people on this list. His older brother, Alan, was a revered jazz trumpeter (and onetime saxophonist), and it wasn’t long before Waynewas working with miscellaneous musicians as he studied musi...
As a teen, the late drummer Tony Williams studied with influential instructor and drummer Alan Dawson and played with saxophonists Sam Rivers and Jackie McLean. Surprisingly (but deservedly), that’s pretty much all it took for the Chicago native to join Davis’ Second Great Quintet when he was only 17 years old, making him one of the youngest musici...
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an Mexian jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Apr 22, 2016 · Pitchfork spoke with some of Davis’ loved ones and dearest collaborators for a deeper look into how Prince influenced Miles' final decade.
No legend stood alone. Miles Davis, deserving of all the individual accolades time has bestowed on him, also was influenced by the sounds, musical approaches, and ideas around him. Some collaborators he met by design or inevitability, some purely by chance.
Miles Davis Band, "La Grande Halle De La Villette", Paris, France, July 10, 1991 ,Miles Davis (tp) Bill Evans (ss) Kenny Garrett, Jackie McLean (as) Steve Gr...
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Miles Davis is to have his 1991 concert at La Grande Halle, La Villette, Paris, France released as The Lost Concert through Sleepy Night Records on September...
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