Miles Davis

Rock vs. jazz
For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?
Song of the Day: "Anti Love Song," Betty Davis
Steamy bedroom funk from a former Mrs. Miles Davis.
Karlheinz Stockhausen
The composer of "the first great piece of electronic music" influenced the Beatles, Miles Davis and numberless others. And he comes from Sirius.
Keith Jarrett
A giant of jazz innovation finds himself reaching new heights by deftly interpreting classic tunes.
The return of Miriam Makeba
"Mama Africa" is back in the USA with a new CD, a summer tour and a lot to say.
Sharps & Flats
Three kings -- Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderly -- rip through six CDs of the most ravishing jazz ever played.
Thanks, Metatron!
Carlos Santana gives credit where it's probably not due; stepchild from hell? Hey! That's Shaun Cassidy you're talking about, mister! Plus: Barry White holds a really long grudge.
Sharps & Flats
"Clicks + Cuts" reconciles avant-electronic music with the politics of dancing.
Babatunde Olatunji: Delivering the cure
A strange stranger in a strange land, decades ago Baba introduced millions to the medicine of drumming. Now 72, he's still got the beat.
Thinking outside the box
Not another list of multi-disc sonic money-shots.
Sharps & Flats: Elvis Presley
Thinking inside the box
The year's best in box sets provides obsessed fans of country, jazz, blues and rock with some treasures and some trash.
A master at dangerous play
'Bitches Brew' changed jazz history -- and proved again that Miles Davis was the Proteus of 20th century music.
Beastie Boys
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine.
Sharps and Flats: Miles Davis Quintet
The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings -- Sony/Legacy
Happy End of the World
Black Beauty: Live at Fillmore West
Tony Williams
Michael E. Ross reviews "Wilderness", the best of Tony Williams.
Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America and All the Ships at Sea
A survey of the year's best in box sets.
The Awful Truth
The First Annual Golden Panty Awards

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