Miles Davis: On May 26, his birthday, Miles Davis was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
Miles Davis: Ken Laster's podcast, In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond, plays the music of Miles Davis in honor of the jazz icon's birthday.
Miles Davis: At Music and More, Tim Niland reviews the Miles Davis album, Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Weather Report: At NPR's A Blog Supreme, David Brent Johnson explores jazz elegies, i.e., instrumental tributes to deceased jazz musicians. Included are:
- Miles Davis's tribute to Duke Ellington, "He Loved Him Madly." (The song is available on the album, Get Up With It, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
- Dizzy Gillespie's tribute to Clifford Brown, "I Remember Clifford." (The song is available on the album, Birk's Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
- Charles Mingus's tribute to Lester Young, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat." (The song is available on the album, Mingus Ah Um, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
- Weather Report's tribute to Cannonball Adderley, "Cannon Ball." (The song is available on the album, Black Market, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
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