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George Shearing, 2: "Conception" (not by Bud), and Miles's "Deception" (+Bonus)
Last time, we reviewed some of Shearing’s history, listened to his adventurous early bop compositions, and introduced his piece “Conception.” When I…
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Miles Davis: "Nardis," Part 3 of 3—A Possible Inspiration +Bonus
(Paying Subscribers, four unusual and entertaining recordings are at the bottom for you.) In Part 1 and Part 2, we’ve spent a lot of time analyzing the…
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Miles Davis: "Nardis," Part 2 of 3
In the previous post, I gave you some of the evidence that Miles Davis wrote “Nardis,” for a Cannonball Adderley recording session in 1958. But because…
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Miles Davis: "Nardis," Part 1 of 3
This series about Miles Davis’s composer credits will have many installments, and I’ll be jumping around chronologically. I’ve had several requests to…
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Miles Davis Did Not Exactly "Steal" Tunes, 3: Last One About "Solar"
How is “Solar” based on “How High the Moon”? In the first post of this series, I gave some general information about why songs are sometimes credited to…
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Miles Davis Did Not Exactly "Steal" Tunes, 2: More About "Solar" + Bonus
(Paying subscribers, a long print interview with guitarist Chuck Wayne is attached for you at the bottom.) OK, you’ve read my previous essay, and you…
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Miles Davis Did Not Exactly "Steal" Tunes, 1: Record Labels, Publishers, and "Solar"
In my first post on Miles, I wrote: Strangely, Miles has become the artist that people “love to hate.” Under articles about him on the internet, there…
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Listing Favorite Records of Lester Young, Miles Davis, Ellington, et al, 1958
We previously mentioned society columnist Dorothy Kilgallen and the fact that she was a huge jazz fan. Well, today we’re looking at a column that…
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Coltrane Projects That Never Happened, 2: Two Reunion Albums with Miles in 1967!
I’m sure that my headline has already blown your mind! Well, in Part 1 of this series, I told you about a 1959 proposal for Coltrane to record an album…
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Miles Davis Rare Print Interview; also Max Roach + Bonus David Murray; UPDATED
(On April 19, 2023, I added more information in the two long paragraphs starting with “For this article” and “At the bottom.”) (Paying subscribers…
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Miles Davis: UNKNOWN First Recorded Interview—1951! (UPDATED)
(NOTE: I ADDED some information from the Swedish archive about the date and about how these interviews were made. The new material is in the first two…
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Miles Davis: An UNKNOWN 1955 Radio Interview
Only heard in Sweden!
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