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

Alton will celebrate 20 years of the Miles Davis Jazz Festival at Post Commons, located at 300 Alby St., from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, June 7. Alton native Chris Jarden will open the event, backed by the ...

Delving into the creative chaos behind the making of Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album of all time, MILES. fuses live ...

Jack Chambers is a professor of music and language at the University of Toronto, and author of the biography Milestones: The ...

The answer lies in the music of Philly Joe Jones, Mickey Roker, Sumi Tonooka, Johnathan Blake, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, ...

Craft Recordings’ Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings picks up where Miles ’54 left off, spotlighting sessions from the year Miles Davis found his footing as a bandleader. As Ashley Kahn notes, the ...

Craft Recordings have unveiled an unparalleled, high-quality remaster and reissue of pianist Bill Evans' 1962 New York post-bop jazz masterpiece 'Interplay'.

The superbly alert and flexible drummer formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years. He was 82.

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On May 26, 2025, the world marks the 99th birthday of Miles Davis, a cultural icon whose revolutionary music continues to inspire. This tribute explores his profound legacy and the lessons we can lear ...

Miles Dewey Davis III, as his full name goes, was born in Alton, Illinois in 1926. Exceptionally versatile, the career of ...