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 ...

Earlier this season, Columbia Records, in partnership with Legacy Recordings, outlined the impending release of Miles in France—Miles Davis Quintet 1963/64: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8, due out on Nov.

The second great quartet of Davis, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter take flight The post Miles Davis reviewed: The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965 is a moment of ...

Since the first volume of Miles Davis’ Bootleg Serieswas released in 2011, several other volumes featuring different recordings of live performances and studio sessions the legendary trumpeter had ...

Miles Davis, opening a bill that also featured the Steve Miller Band and headliners Neil Young and Crazy Horse, exemplifies the musical diversity that Bill Graham often embraced at the Fillmores. This ...

Miles Davis’ live work with his Second Great Quintet — as documented in a handful of unreleased French concerts — is the focus of the upcoming eighth volume in the late jazz legend’s Bootleg Series.

Miles Davis; “Miles in France 1963 & 1964 — Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8″ (Sony) 1963 was a pivotal year for Miles Davis, and this six-CD, eight-LP set finds him on the verge of ...

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*Prestige Records signed Miles Davis to a one-year deal in January 1951,, but the trumpeter would continue to record for the label into 1956. But Davis was still linked contractually to Prestige, who ...

Miles Dewey Davis III’s first memory was a blue-hot flame on the family stove. “I felt fear, real fear,” he recalled in his 1989 autobiography. He was also exhilarated. That blue, he said, presented ...