Latest about Miles Davis
That time Miles Davis stopped his entire band to give John McLaughlin some unlikely advice
The famously blunt and temperamental jazz icon was determined to realize his boundary-pushing late-'60s creative vision, but nonetheless had great respect for the budding guitar virtuoso
When asked by Miles Davis to move to New York and do some gigs, Dave Holland didn’t blink
Dave Holland’s arrival in New York coincided with one of the most transformative periods for Miles Davis and his Lost Quintet
How jazz guitar legend Mike Stern ended up joining Miles Davis’ band – and had a song named after him
Stern was playing with Billy Cobham one night in the early 1980s when Evans decided to bring along the legendary jazz trumpeter, who was in the market for a new guitar player
When he joined the Rolling Stones, Darryl Jones had to change the way he approached classic Bill Wyman basslines
The Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones looks back on joining the fold in 1993
“I was scared to death. Miles didn’t say a word to me. Afterwards, I asked what he thought of my playing. He said, simply, ‘It was cool’”: T.M. Stevens on playing with Miles Davis and James Brown – and what went wrong on Vai’s Sex & Religion project
Vai hired the “flashy bassist with the long hair” after spotting him in a Joe Cocker video
“If I had tried to be another Ron Carter I would have failed. I don’t think that’s what Miles was looking for”: Dave Holland on the making of Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew
Few jazz bassists can match the pedigree of Dave Holland, thanks to his work with Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Chick Corea and just about everyone else
“I introduced Sting to Miles Davis, and that blew Sting’s mind!” Darryl Jones on providing the punch for Sting, Madonna, and the Rolling Stones
After stints with Miles Davis, Madonna, and Sting, Darryl Jones found a home on The Rolling Stones’ Voodoo Lounge
“The phone rings and it's Jaco Pastorius. He says, 'I’m in room 265, come up here and get your lesson!'” Marcus Miller on an encounter with the self-proclaimed ‘greatest bass player in the world’
Marcus Miller on what he learnt from Jaco Pastorius and why replacing him in Weather Report was “a beat down waiting to happen!”
George Benson on the time he met Jimi Hendrix, how Peter Frampton changed the course of his career and what Paul McCartney made of his Beatles tribute
One of the all-time jazz guitar greats on upsetting guitar companies, receiving praise from Frank Sinatra, and what it was really like working with Miles Davis
