Miles Davis’ sumptuous, all-instrumental reinvention of George Gershwin’s classic 1939 jazz opera, “Porgy and Bess,” is a ...

“I’d gotten to know Miles by then, and I’d go by his house a lot in those days. He would call up and say, ‘Come by the house, ...

Synonymous with cool and a signature muted trumpet sound, Miles Davis is one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time — but, he was so much more than that. On the 96th anniversary of his birth ...

Trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991) is perhaps the most influential figure in the history of jazz. He regularly reinvented his sound, changing styles abruptly and pulling the rest of the jazz community ...

"I love challenges and new things," Davis wrote in "Miles," his blunt, engaging and funny 1989 autobiography. "When I hear jazz musicians today playing all those same licks we used to play so long ...

He's the one that came into my room. I didn't want to bother Miles Davis! I'm just glad that I was his opening act, so I just kind of minded my own business and was doing my thing and playing my set.

This Miles Davis: The Electric Years tribute box set costs $349 for members and $399 for those who aren’t subscribed. It’s available for pre-order here.

Davis' trailblazing culminated with the groundbreaking 1970 jazz fusion record Bitches Brew, which introduced him to a rock audience. Says Nelson: “Miles always embraced the new and made it his own.

Don Cheadle won the role of Miles Davis before he even knew he was being considered. In 2006, when Davis was posthumously being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Davis’s nephew ...