Ford wasn't a jazz player when he joined up with Davis in 1986 but he would soon learn – and it give him a sense of ...

This new release ties into the larger Miles Davis 100 campaign marking the centennial of the trumpeter’s birth on May 26.

One of the most innovative musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis contributed to the art of jazz in myriad ways. His classic 1959 album, A Kind of Blue, is the best-selling jazz record of all time ...

It also resulted in him performing on an album that would become the foundation for the 1970s jazz-fusion genre: Miles ...

Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926, and the Miles Davis estate and Sony Music — and probably to a lesser degree Warner Bros., which owns his last few releases — are celebrating ...

This is FRESH AIR. In 1965, Miles Davis led one of the all-time great jazz groups with four younger players, including saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock, but they rarely worked that ...