Trumpeter Pharez Whitted returns to the Jazz Showcase, Angel Bat Dawid pays tribute to W.E.B. Du Bois at the Harris Theater, ...

The Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach will present MEB “Miles ...

Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., who played corrupt state senator Clay Davis on the television series “ The Wire ,” died in New York ...

“Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings” features every studio recording made by the original Bill Evans Trio. The collection pairs the trio’s two studio albums — 1960’s “Portrait in ...

Nate Chinen’s informative sleeve note claims that the late Al Foster was born in 1943 but The New Grove Dictionary Of Jazz and the Leonard Feather/Ira Gitler Biographical Encyclopedia Of Jazz both go ...

The musician reportedly died of congestive heart failure in a hospital in Kingston, N.Y. Ebet Roberts/Redferns Drummer Jack DeJohnette died on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 83 He was best known for working with ...

The Miles Davis estate gave WSJ. Magazine access to his personal archive—the first publication to be granted such a look. Stylist Ib Kamara headed to the famed trumpeter’s archive in California to ...

Miles Davis, July 1966 (Gai Terrell/Redferns) The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965, the storied Miles Davis live album, will be reissued as a giant box set on January 30, 2026. Available in ...

From the time he burst onto the scene in the mid-1940s to the day he died, Miles Davis was as divisive as he was lauded, as unpredictable as he was pioneering, and as proud as he was troubled. The ...

Miles Davis, photo courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment and Shore Fire Media “With Reservoir, there’s a real respect for Miles—his music, his style and his cultural impact. That means a lot to us” ...

Next year would have marked Miles Davis’ 100th birthday. In advance of the centennial, independent music rights company Reservoir Media has struck a deal with the Miles Davis estate to acquire 90% of ...

Reservoir Media has acquired a majority interest in the Miles Davis publishing catalog, as well as as well as other rights associated with the late jazz icon’s estate, including a partnership in name ...