Monthly Archives: May 2026
Miles Davis @ 100: Miles’s Mentors
Miles Davis was one of the most influential musicians and style icons of the 20th century, and a father figure to many. But who influenced him? (A shorter version of this article was published on Everything Jazz.) He was human, all too human, and some of his personal relationships were difficult, and he may not […]
Cecil Taylor Unit: Fragments
‘You can’t rehearse the unknown’ – it’s attributed to Wayne Shorter but it was also a credo for Miles during his peak years of 1957-1970, calling on his players to do their ‘woodshedding’ on the stage rather than in the practice room. Listening to Fragments, the blistering new Cecil Taylor Unit two-CD/three-LP set recorded live […]
Sounds Of Surprise 