Hilly Kristal had no idea what he was unleashing when he welcomed a rash of unknown bands onstage in his dank Bowery dive: Television, the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads,...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Max Roach got his first musical break at age 16, filling in when Duke Ellington's drummer fell ill in 1940. Those three nights spawned a career that...
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Bassist Ron Carter sometimes wishes he could go back in time to the 1960s and play again with the Miles Davis Quintet — one of the most acclaimed and influential small...
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The King of Cool, Miles Davis, was posthumously inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Thursday. The event was attended by musicians and members of the Davis family,...
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To say 2006 is a busy year for Miles Davis and the estate of the late jazz virtuoso would be like saying Davis was a decent trumpet player.
CDs, a DVD, a book, a movie,...
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Singer Brian McKnight was one of the celebrities in attendance at the recent taping of the NAACP's Image Awards: A Journey Of Excellence ceremonies in Los Angeles. The...
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It has been widely reported that today (May 25) would have been trumpet legend Miles Davis's 74th birthday, although many sources report his birthday as May 26.
Miles...
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Legendary keyboardist Herbie Hancock
celebrates his 60th birthday today (April 12).
Born in Chicago in 1940, Hancock began playing the piano at the age of seven and...
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