The music of Miles Davis—until his fusion period—is ideal ... though I think for many it does function as unchallenged aural wallpaper. If there’s a unifying idea to what makes music last ...

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, which earned a Grammy nomination in the “Best Music Film” category, premiereed nationwide Tuesday, February 25 at 9 p.m. on PBS in honor of Black History Month.

Miles Davis’ music was a soundtrack to the black experience in America, even as he struggled with relationships, addiction, and health. A new documentary tells Davis’ life story using ...

Just as Miles Davis’s music evolved through his life, so did his sense of style, exemplifying what it meant to be “cool” with in both how he played and how he dressed. In the 1950s and 60s ...