ALTON - The 20th annual Miles Davis Jazz Festival honored the musician’s legacy and supported local students.On Saturday, ...

What makes Miles Davis one of the most iconic voices in jazz? In this video, we reveal 10 unmistakable characteristics that ...

Such sentiments come as no surprise to trumpet dynamo and San Diego Symphony jazz curator Gilbert Castellanos, who on Aug. 17 will lead “Miles Davis: Kind of Blue — In Concert” at the Rady ...

Frank Sinatra biographer James Kaplan has set his sights on three jazz giants — Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans — as their lives and their art lead up to the recording of “Kind of ...

ALTON - Community members are invited to the 20th annual Miles Davis Jazz Festival this weekend.From 68 p.m. on Saturday, ...

Al Foster, the jazz drummer who performed in groundbreaking bands with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins, has ...

It can even be argued that jazzstopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward. Davis was the son of a dental surgeon, Dr. Miles DeweyDavis, Jr., and a music teacher, Cleota Mae (Henry) ...

In this excerpt from the new book 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool (Penguin Press, March 5, 2024), author James Kaplan puts us in the room as ...

Jazz drummer Al Foster, who played with the likes of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Sonny Rollins has died. He was 82. NPR ...

Miles Davis was always moving forward, never content to rest on his lofty laurels. Thus, after fashioning some of the greatest acoustic jazz recordings of all time in the ’50s and ’60s ...

It’s a music festival that showcases some local talent, while honoring the late great Alton native Miles Davis. The 20th ...