It's Miles Davis' centennial, and fellow musicians discuss how the shapeshifting innovator transformed music over and over again and became more than a jazz legend. He's a cultural cornerstone.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Miles Davis debuts "Conception" on several rankings in the U.K., ...

One of the greatest music memoirs of all time, Miles: The Autobiography, by Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe, is back on bookshelves to commemorate what would have been the trumpeter’s 100th birthday ...

This year’s programme to feature ambitious pieces with lots of notes – and that’s just prog night The BBC has announced the 2026 Proms season, the 99th under the broadcaster’s control (the so-called ...

Miles Davis may have been one of the world’s most celebrated jazz bandleaders at the time, but he didn’t know what to expect — I mean, really didn’t know what to expect — when his “second great ...

One of the most innovative musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis contributed to the art of jazz in myriad ways. His classic 1959 album, A Kind of Blue, is the best-selling jazz record of all time ...

Birches Health, a virtual provider for gambling and pornography addictions, has added a new clinician executive. Cynthia Grant, Ph.D., is now vice president of clinical for Birches. She will oversee ...

In 1965, Davis led one of the all-time great jazz groups. That December, they recorded seven sets over two nights in a Chicago nightclub. The complete recordings went unreleased for decades. This is ...

American jazz musician Miles Davis, center, escorts friends to funeral of rock-guitarist Jimi Hendrix in Seattle, Wa., Oct. 1, 1970. Davis is one of many musicians gathered to pay tribute to Hendrix, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The 100th anniversary of Miles Dewey Davis III’s birthday is May 26. Three and a half decades after his passing, the trumpeter and bandleader’s ever-evolving ...

Miles Davis’ ceaseless reinventions of his art led Duke Ellington to call him the “Picasso of jazz.” Illustration by Benjamin Wachenje; source photo: Getty Images Miles Dewey Davis III’s first memory ...

"I've changed the course of music five times," Miles Davis once joked. The man wasn't lying: his need to try new genres made him one of the most impactful artists of the 20th century, a figure who ...