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Miles Davis‘ band, passed away on Tuesday (February 9). According to a statement on his official Facebook page, the Grammy-winner had been suffering from “a rare form of cancer which was only discovered very recently”.“Throughout his life and career, Chick relished in the freedom and the fun to be had in creating something new, and in playing the games that artists do,” the post continued.“He was a beloved husband, father and grandfather, and a great mentor and friend to so many.

Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79.Corea died Tuesday of a rare for of cancer, his team posted on his website.

.Tyson’s rise in the acting world continued as she gained critical acclaim for playing Rebecca Morgan in 1972's  earning Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress.

Prince gig from 1987 is set to stream online at midnight tonight (September 24).The benefit show took place on New Year’s Eve 1987 at Prince’s Paisley Park home, and was the final show of the ‘Sign O’ The Times’ world tour.The show saw Prince collaborate on stage with Miles Davis, all raising money for the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless.The gig is being released to coincide with a super deluxe reissue of ‘Sign O’ the Times’, which also comes out tomorrow (September 25) and features 63

announced the launch of new songwriter pages and "Written By" playlists to highlight the behind-the-scenes work of music's biggest hitmakers, from Meghan Trainor to Missy Elliott and Justin Tranter.

Prince’s 1987 album ‘Sign O’ The Times’ is set to be reissued with 63 unheard tracks.The new collection will be released later this year over eight CD’s and 13 LP’s.

A trumpeter who came up in the shadow of Miles Davis then stepped out of it. An architect whose soaring stadiums and concert halls are sitting silent in his native Italy.

Amandla Stenberg was the perfect choice to star in Damien Chazelle’s new Netflix jazz club drama The Eddy, because she’s named after a Miles Davis album.The actress reveals her mother was a big fan of Davis and when she learned the title of his Amandla album was inspired by an anti-apartheid “rally cry” in South Africa, she knew she had found her daughter’s name.“I was named after a Miles Davis album, and that album was named after a concept that is very powerful and big, which is ‘Amandla’ in

Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday.

AG Rojas' Godchild, a short film about Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, is set for a digital release via Park Pictures after the Smithsonian Institute's Men of Change exhibition was disrupted by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Park Pictures will make the film available starting June 4 as an exclusive one-month run on Rojas' website before the Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit, which featured Godchild, can resume.

Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving musician on Mile Davis’ 1959 groundbreaking jazz album Kind of Blue, which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday. His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, announced on Facebook that her husband died at his New York City home from lung cancer.

Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album that transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday. His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, announced on Facebook that her husband died at his New York City home from lung cancer.

He was the last surviving member of Miles Davis' First Great Sextet

Miles Davis' drummer Jimmy Cobb has died of lung cancer at the age of 91.

Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving musician to play on Miles Davis’ groundbreaking 1959 jazz album Kind Of Blue, has died aged 91.

Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 Kind of Blue groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday (May 24).His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, announced on Facebook that her husband died at his New York City home from lung cancer.

Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday.

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Jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb, who brought subtlety and swing to Miles Davis’ epochal “Kind of Blue” and many other classic albums, died at his home in New York on Sunday, according to NPR and other outlets. He was 91. His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, said the cause was lung cancer.

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Being forced to stay indoors and “socially distanced” very naturally leads us to reassess our personal playlists. Couple that with Easter and Passover, and we’re definitely in the midst of a reflective, thankful and collaborative state of mind.

Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz saxophonist and last surviving performer on Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool sessions, has died. He was 92.

Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz saxophonist and last surviving performer in Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” sessions, died Wednesday (April 15) due to complications with COVID-19. He was 92.

Wallace Roney, a celebrated jazz trumpeter and Miles Davis protégé, has died after contracting the coronavirus. He was 59.

Wallace Roney, an accomplished jazz trumpeter who studied under and collaborated with the likes of Miles Davis and Art Blakey over a four-decade career, died this morning of complications from COVID-19, NPR reports. He had been admitted to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey last Wednesday, March 25. He was 59.

In an age where celebrity funerals are de rigueur, the PBS documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (which premiered last year at Sundance) fits right in and feels like a home-going service three decades in the making.

Ask Stanley Nelson about the key to his longevity as a documentary filmmaker and he doesn’t hesitate with his response: “Luck.”

The freshly unveiled lineup for indie record shops’ biggest day of the year, Record Store Day 2020, is out, promising exclusive LP releases featuring releases by everyone from Billie Eilish to Britney Spears to Miles Davis. This year, the blessed event for the “High Fidelity” set falls on Saturday, April 18.

In an age where celebrity funerals are de rigueur, the PBS documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (which premiered last year at Sundance) fits right in and feels like a home-going service three decades in the making.

There is the Miles Davis you think you know and then there is the raw and wounded version that gets explored in the fascinating and heartbreaking documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool.

Jimmy Heath, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist and composer who performed with such greats as Miles Davis and John Coltrane before forming the popular family group the Heath Brothers in middle age, has died. He was 93.Heath’s grandson Fa Mtume told The New York Times that he died Sunday (Jan.

Jimmy Heath, the highly influential jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, has died. He was 93 years old, as The New York Times reports.

According to Nielsen Music’s report recapping music sales in the U.S. across the 2010s, the Beatles’ Abbey Road was the No.

1959 was arguably the most transformative year for jazz releases. It was a year of exploration for a genre no longer at the center of American pop music, but at a new peak in critical acclaim.