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Jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb, who brought subtlety and swing to Miles Davis’ epochal “Kind of Blue” and many other classic albums, died at his home in New York on Sunday, according to NPR and other outlets. He was 91. His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, said the cause was lung cancer.

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Being forced to stay indoors and “socially distanced” very naturally leads us to reassess our personal playlists. Couple that with Easter and Passover, and we’re definitely in the midst of a reflective, thankful and collaborative state of mind.

Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz saxophonist and last surviving performer on Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool sessions, has died. He was 92.

Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz saxophonist and last surviving performer in Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” sessions, died Wednesday (April 15) due to complications with COVID-19. He was 92.

Wallace Roney, a celebrated jazz trumpeter and Miles Davis protégé, has died after contracting the coronavirus. He was 59.

Wallace Roney, an accomplished jazz trumpeter who studied under and collaborated with the likes of Miles Davis and Art Blakey over a four-decade career, died this morning of complications from COVID-19, NPR reports. He had been admitted to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey last Wednesday, March 25. He was 59.

In an age where celebrity funerals are de rigueur, the PBS documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (which premiered last year at Sundance) fits right in and feels like a home-going service three decades in the making.

Ask Stanley Nelson about the key to his longevity as a documentary filmmaker and he doesn’t hesitate with his response: “Luck.”

The freshly unveiled lineup for indie record shops’ biggest day of the year, Record Store Day 2020, is out, promising exclusive LP releases featuring releases by everyone from Billie Eilish to Britney Spears to Miles Davis. This year, the blessed event for the “High Fidelity” set falls on Saturday, April 18.

In an age where celebrity funerals are de rigueur, the PBS documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (which premiered last year at Sundance) fits right in and feels like a home-going service three decades in the making.

There is the Miles Davis you think you know and then there is the raw and wounded version that gets explored in the fascinating and heartbreaking documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool.

Jimmy Heath, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist and composer who performed with such greats as Miles Davis and John Coltrane before forming the popular family group the Heath Brothers in middle age, has died. He was 93.Heath’s grandson Fa Mtume told The New York Times that he died Sunday (Jan.

Jimmy Heath, the highly influential jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, has died. He was 93 years old, as The New York Times reports.

According to Nielsen Music’s report recapping music sales in the U.S. across the 2010s, the Beatles’ Abbey Road was the No.

1959 was arguably the most transformative year for jazz releases. It was a year of exploration for a genre no longer at the center of American pop music, but at a new peak in critical acclaim.