http://www.mail.com/people/101004-miles-davis.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/101004-miles-davis.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2075974-1969-hendrix-telegram-paul-to-play.html LONDON (AP) — Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix's sudden death in 1970. But less attention has been paid to the bass player they were trying to recruit: Paul McCartney, who was busy with another ba... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:55:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2075974-1969-hendrix-telegram-paul-to-play.html 2013-05-10T11:55:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2063794-crosby-stills-nash-jazzy-with-marsalis.html NEW YORK (AP) — Crosby, Stills and Nash surprised the audience with a new look when they walked onstage dressed in dark gray Brooks Brothers suits for a benefit concert with Wynton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. "If you laugh at our suits, you're getting thrown out of here," quipped Graham Nash. "My first pair of grown-up shoes," David Crosby... Sun, 05 May 2013 02:47:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2063794-crosby-stills-nash-jazzy-with-marsalis.html 2013-05-05T02:47:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2059844-saxophonist-wayne-shorter-wins-3-jazz-awards.html NEW YORK (AP) — Saxophonist-composer Wayne Shorter is a triple winner in the 2013 Jazz Awards presented by the Jazz Journalists Association. Shorter was a member of Miles Davis' legendary mid-1960s quintet and co-founded the fusion band Weather Report. He won awards for lifetime achievement in jazz, top soprano saxophonist and best small ensemble. ... Fri, 03 May 2013 01:26:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2059844-saxophonist-wayne-shorter-wins-3-jazz-awards.html 2013-05-03T01:26:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2014382-french-quarter-stage-music-fest.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jazz guitarist Raphael Bas says French Quarter Festival is as close as it gets in the U.S. to the music festival he grew up attending with his family in Bourges, France. Bas recalls hearing American jazz singer Nina Simone, trumpeter Miles Davis and singer-pianist Jerry Lee Lewis perform with French musicians during the days-long Le Pri... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:33:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2014382-french-quarter-stage-music-fest.html 2013-04-11T21:33:37Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1927012-italian-composer-rome-theme-song-dies-95.html ROME (AP) — Armando Trovajoli, an Italian who composed music for some 300 films and whose lush and playful serenade to Rome is a much-requested romantic standby for tourists, has died at age 95. The city's mayor, Gianni Alemanno, mourned Trovajoli's passing, saying in a statement that "the voice of Rome has been extinguished." The Italian news agency ANS... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:00:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1927012-italian-composer-rome-theme-song-dies-95.html 2013-03-02T18:00:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1925506-famed-free-nyc-college-start-charging-tuition.html NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a century, Cooper Union has been a one-of-a-kind meritocracy: Open to any student qualified to walk through its doors. For free. Its founder envisioned higher education open to all — regardless of race, gender or class — an ideal that has remained the prestigious school's most cherished principle since 1902. But a lot can cha... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:45:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1925506-famed-free-nyc-college-start-charging-tuition.html 2013-03-01T19:45:22Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1889818-wayne-shorter-quartet-offers-daring-improvisations.html The Wayne Shorter Quartet, "Without a Net" (Blue Note) Saxophonist Wayne Shorter ranks among jazz's greatest composers, but when his quartet performs live — as on this album — his compositions are mere frameworks for daring improvisations that take off in unexpected directions without a safety net. His acoustic quartet includes three leaders in their own ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:07:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1889818-wayne-shorter-quartet-offers-daring-improvisations.html 2013-02-13T20:07:08Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1883990-innovative-jazz-trumpeter-donald-byrd-dies-80.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Jazz musician Donald Byrd, a leading hard-bop trumpeter of the 1950s who collaborated on dozens of albums with top artists of his time and later enjoyed commercial success with hit jazz-funk fusion records such as "Black Byrd," has died. He was 80. He died Feb. 4 in Delaware, according to Haley Funeral Directors in the Detroit suburb of... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1883990-innovative-jazz-trumpeter-donald-byrd-dies-80.html 2013-02-12T05:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1872260-grammy-nominee-unearths-hidden-gil-evans-treasures.html NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy nominee Ryan Truesdell felt like a "jazz archaeologist" as he sifted through thousands of pages of manuscripts in a safe in the apartment of renowned jazz composer-arranger Gil Evans, best known for his collaborations with Miles Davis. "It was like being the Indiana Jones of jazz, only without the boulder coming out after you," said... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1872260-grammy-nominee-unearths-hidden-gil-evans-treasures.html 2013-02-06T17:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1859262-producer-fun-takes-center-stage-grammys.html NEW YORK (AP) — When music producer Jeff Bhasker — the mastermind behind fun.'s breakthrough — had thoughts of becoming a musician, the high school student in the jazz band figured he would play keyboard for a talented singer looking to carve a space in the musical universe. "In the jazz world you become a side man, say with like Miles Davis. You become M... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1859262-producer-fun-takes-center-stage-grammys.html 2013-01-31T14:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1813110-montreux-jazz-festival-founder-claude-nobs-dies.html GENEVA (AP) — Claude Nobs, the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival, whose passion for music and artistry introduced generations of legendary musicians to international audiences on the Swiss stage, has died. He was 76. The Jazz Festival said Nobs, a native of Montreux, died Thursday after sustaining injuries from a fall while cross-c... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1813110-montreux-jazz-festival-founder-claude-nobs-dies.html 2013-01-11T05:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753332-lenox-lounge-jazz-landmark-to-close-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Lenox Lounge, a cabaret in New York City's Harlem neighborhood with a supercool, Art Deco style that made it a favorite of jazz greats like Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, is closing its doors on New Year's Eve. Longtime owner Alvin Reed says that with rents rising, he can no longer afford the lease on the jazz landmark.... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753332-lenox-lounge-jazz-landmark-to-close-nyc.html 2012-12-08T19:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1722386-grammy-winning-bassist-injured-swiss-bus-crash.html GENEVA (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz bassist Marcus Miller and several members of his band were injured when their bus overturned Sunday on a busy highway in Switzerland, killing the driver, police said. The German-registered private bus tipped over as it drove into a bend on the A2 highway in central Switzerland and came to a rest on its side, police in the... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1722386-grammy-winning-bassist-injured-swiss-bus-crash.html 2012-11-25T16:29:00Z