Miles Davis
Barack Obama Shares Summer 2022 Playlist
PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2022
Like clockwork, Barack Obama has dropped his annual summer playlist — and like previous years, his new list of songs acts as a reminder tha...
James Mtume Dead at 75
PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2022
James Mtume, bandleader of R&B group Mtume who collaborated with several jazz legends, has died at 75. The news was confirmed to Pitchfor...
Barack Obama Shares Summer 2021 Playlist with Drake, Joni Mitchell
PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2021
Former president and current influential playlister Barack Obama is continuing his yearly tradition of releasing a summer 2021 playlist. T...
Prince's 'Sign o' the Times' Treated to Massive Reissue
PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2020
Prince's 1987 album Sign o' the Times is getting treated to an expanded reissue, complete with 63 previously unreleased tracks and a comple...
Legendary Jazz Drummer Jimmy Cobb Dies at 91
PUBLISHED May 25, 2020
Jimmy Cobb — a legendary American jazz drummer known best for playing on Miles Davis's seminal 1959 album Kind of Blue — has died. Cobb's w...
Miles Davis
Rubberband
PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2019
Mixed media artist Mike Hansen coined the term "re-bop" in the early '90s to describe the mining of Verve, Blue Note and other jazz label a...
Lost Miles Davis Album 'Rubberband' to Be Released
PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2019
Months after the announcement Miles Davis' complete Birth of the Cool sessions would see release, an abandoned album from the iconic trumpe...
Q-Tip to Play Miles Davis in New Theatre Production
PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2018
Like Don Cheadle before him, Q-Tip is set to take his turn at playing the role of jazz giant Miles Davis, this time as part of a new theatr...
