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John McLaughlin Interview About Retirement and Final Tour

Gary Graff writes: “You know, musicians never die. They just decompose. So I’m on may way.” That’s John McLaughlin‘s way of explaining his decision to retire from touring as he prepares for the start of his final [...]

Saxophonist, Musician, Composer John Coltrane Died 50 Years ago Today (1926–1967)

A revolutionary and groundbreaking jazz saxophonist, John William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926, in Hamlet, North Carolina, growing up in nearby High Point. Coltrane was surrounded by music as a child. His father John R. Coltrane worked as [...]

Jazz Great Miles Davis Speaks His Mind on Ferraris

Al Auger writes: Let a local jazz DJ lay a Miles Davis sound on the airwaves and I’ll remember the many dimensions of a man few people ever saw. Davis, who died Sept. 28, 1991, lived a meteoric career that defined him as taciturn, humorless, [...]

Guitarist John McLaughlin Talks Mahavishnu, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix

Jeff Perlah writes: When jazz-fusion guitarist John McLaughlin teamed up with trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis in 1969, the results were astonishing. McLaughlin’s technical precision and exotic inventiveness were major components of Davis’s [...]

[PHOTO] Miles Davis and Andy Warhol, by Jonnie Miles, 1987

Miles Davis and Andy Warhol, The Tunnel Club, NYC, 18th February 1987 by Jonnie Miles – Warhol died less than a week [...]

Miles Davis Classic: ‘Jack Johnson’, 1971

Coming off the recording sessions that produced In A Silent Way (released July, 1969) and Bitches Brew (April, 1970), it was clear that Miles Davis was determined to move his music-making forward. The restlessness and exploration once contained [...]

[VIDEO] Miles Davis Live in Vienna 1973

Over at dangerousminds, Richard Metzger writes: The only way to fully appreciate this show is to crank it up so loud that your neighbors hate your guts… Richard, you had me at “loud”. Here’s more of his review: In the work of [...]

[VIDEO] ‘Miles Ahead Official Trailer; Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, 2016

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[VIDEO] ‘The Noonward Race’, The Mahavishnu Orchestra Live at the BBC, 1972

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