Happy birthday Miles Davis!

The most famous jazz musician to come from the St. Louis metropolitan area, Miles Davis (photographed) was born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, he and grew up in East St. Louis. Today would have been 85th anniversary of Miles, and the occasion is celebrated across the country in many respects, including an official in East St. Louis City Hall party.

StLJN also received this morning a notice of a press conference to be held this afternoon to announce the Miles Davis Festival, an upcoming series of local events celebrating the legacy of Miles which will include concerts, art exhibits and photos and even a gift of a copy of The Genius of Miles Davis CD mega-set.

The official representatives of the estate of trumpeter Miles Davis properties, LLC are involved, as are the Sony/Legacy, Jazz Blues and soups of BB, Series Nu - Art and his coming, Metropolitan Gallery, the Room of Concert of Sheldonand radio station WSIE (FM 88.7). More details on what they are revealed...

During this time, there is much to celebrate in line, too. LIFE magazine has just released some previously invisible 1958 Davis photosand blog music The revivalist has a large tribute, including links to all the previous coverage of Miles here. Elements of Jazz has rounded of videos of various interviews related to Davis, the GrooveNotes of the 85th anniversary happenings investigations while in New York and elsewhere here.

As always, you recommend the Miles Davis online for news in Davis site and you can also enjoy Jeffrey Hyatt the MDGs this essay wrote StLJN on this date in 2009. You can view all coverage of Davis the StLJN linked by six years hereand brother site heliocentric worlds has a lot of performances of Miles Davis compiled video here.

Miles Davis 1971: Wah Wah or step Wah Wah - Jazz video Guy

To celebrate the 85th anniversary of birth of Miles Davis, I created this video in which Sonny Rollins and Gary Bartz discuss the Prince of darkness, his need for change and his band of 1971 which included m. Bartz, Keith JarrettMichael HendersonJack DeJohnette and Airto.

East St. Louis, Miles Davis' birthday this Thursday, May 26

The city of East St. Louis will celebrate what would have been the 85th anniversary of birth of the most famous native son, trumpeter Miles Davis, at 12: 00 pm this Thursday, May 26 in the room of the Council of the Municipal of East St. Louis301 River Park Drive building.

According to a press release, "the free family event will include a"resemblance"- decorated cake;" Jazz by Reginald Thomas and the 85th anniversary Jazz set. "Step: the birth of an ancestor," a poetic elegy/multimodal piece by ESL poet laureate Eugene b. Redmond (and Soular systems together); "." and reminiscences by miles of friends from childhood and high school classmates. ?

Davis (photographed), who died in 1991, was born in Alton and grew up in East St. Louis to age a. He is a graduate of the Lincoln Senior High School in 1944 and attended the Julliard School of Music before launching a career that made him one of the most popular jazz musicians and the most influential of all time. When ESL dedicated Miles Dewey Davis III Elementary School, in 1982 Davis and Cicely Tyson, his wife at the time, attended the ceremony, as did high school Professor Davis Elwood Buchanan.

For more information about the birthday celebration of Thursday Miles Davis, contact Lauren parks by calling 618-482-6601 or by e-mail at lparks @ cesl.us; or e. b. Redmond by calling 618-650-3991 or by e-mail at eredmon@siue.edu.

Unpublished photographs of Miles Davis, 1958

Here are a few unpublished photos of Miles Davis , leader of his group in 1958. You know, the classic first quintet with John Coltrane. No big problem.

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Photos of Miles Davis and his quintet, 1958.

Life magazine photographer Robert Kelley apparently thought that much of it. On 14 May 1958 he turned a few rolls of film and their subject with only very basic notes: the date, the city (New York) and name of the subject, "Miles Davis." (No club is to listen to, but a quick analysis of the Miles Davis discography line shows a few bootlegs and airchecks of the Bohemian Cafe before and after this date).

If you are a fan of Miles Davis - and fan of jazz is not? -It is something of a big problem. At the time of the classic albums such as milestones and Porgy and Bess and Cannonball Adderley somethin' ' Else, featuring Miles. It is less than a year away from the famous kind of Bluefor registration. Therefore, there is that. But also dig how Miles cracks this phlegmatic famous facade in the shot, where he hangs his language to us. Lookit! He is a clown sometimes too, huh?

These photos come from LIFE.com. The Gallery on their site, there are more unpublished photos. Have a gander. [Life:unpublished: Miles Davis, 1958]

Related at NPR Music: On this point, 85th anniversary of Miles, you can spend time exploring the archive NPR Music Miles Davis too.