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“When I heard Wes, it killed me. The guy played with his thumb, and it’s all downstrokes, which means it’s twice the effort, but he was still so fast it just smoked me!”: The jazz classic that Nile Rodgers named as his favourite guitar track of all time

“It made me realise that the guitar was something unique and special”

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Alicia Keys pays heartfelt tribute to Clive Davis: ‘He changed my life forever’

The Girl On Fire singer, 45, praised Davis for believing in her from the ‘very beginning’ after signing her to his record label when she was 18 years.

Evening Standard

Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith pay tribute to Clive Davis

The media executive, and former president of Columbia Records, launched a number of artists’ careers, including Whitney Houston’s.

Evening Standard

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Clive Davis predicted music’s biggest stars like no one else

The legendary music executive signed everyone from Patti Smith to Barry Manilow and changed the industry forever

The Guardian - US

Kamasi Washington at Harry Styles' Meltdown: A jazz colossus

5/5 Kamasi Washington paid tribute to John Coltrane and Miles Davis in the first of two shows at Harry Style’s Meltdown

Evening Standard

"I remember looking at him and thinking: 'This guy's gonna die.'" Robben Ford's wild tales of Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Kiss, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and more

Session guitarist extraordinaire Robben Ford got high with George Harrison, hit on by Barry Manilow, yelled at by Miles Davis, blanked by Bob Dylan and headhunted by Gene Simmons... and these are his stories

Louder

Gordon Wood's Enduring Defense of the American Revolution

Plus: When tattoos meet copyright law

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The sound of Brazil in the Northeast

In 1989, I bought a fascinating compilation of forro music from Brazil, Music For Maids And Taxi Drivers (Rounder Records, USA/Globestyle, UK). The music on it bubbled with an infectious dance beat that was created by sanfona (accordion), zabuma (big bass drum) and metal triangle.

Bangkok Post

“He was extremely let down by his manager. The guy ripped him off of so much money. To get Peter to talk about that, it was very painful”: Behind the scenes of the Peter Frampton documentary

How Frampton documentary director Rob Arthur helped the iconic guitarist come alive on the big screen

Guitar World

Miles Davis’s superior musical intelligence

Letters: Dr Richard Carter and Meirion Bowen respond to an editorial which argues that the musician still shapes modern music 100 years after his birth

The Guardian - UK

Sonny Rollins the last great of the jazz era dies

I once met the late jazz musician Walter Theodore “Sonny” Rollins (1930 to 2026). It was in the mid 90s on Manhattan’s 48th street at Rod Baltimore’s New York Woodwind and Brass Center. The shop had the best repair department so there were always some serious players around.

The Conversation

Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue is the highest selling jazz record of all time – he thought it was a failure

There are many things about Miles Davis to remember as we mark 100 years since his birth. There’s the 1950s and 60s elegance and lyricism, with his Harmon muted trumpet, the tone of which was once said to sound like “a man walking on eggshells”. There’s his badass attitude taking…

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Magic, mastery and magisterial power: 10 of Sonny Rollins’ greatest recordings

After his death aged 95, we look back at a remarkable catalogue of work that stretches from vivacious mid-50s sets to his evocative performance after 9/11

The Guardian - UK

Sonny Rollins obituary

One of the great American jazz saxophonists regarded as an improvising genius by fans all over the world

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Celebrating a century of the magician of jazz, Miles Davis

One hundred years after the late Miles Davis was born, the revolutionary trumpet player remains one of the 20th century's most influential artists. We look back at the life and legacy of a complex, visionary figure with one of his collaborators, musician Jason Miles, who recorded the albums "Tutu", "Music…

International Business Times UK

Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins Dies At 95, But His Net Worth Before Death Will Shock Fans

Despite his influential career, his net worth surprised fans, highlighting the complexities of a musician's life.

The Independent UK

Sonny Rollins death: One of last great post-war jazz legends dubbed the ‘Saxophone Colossus’ dies aged 95

Hugely influential icon of bebop era also wrote score for Michael Caine’s ‘Alfie’ and collaborated with Rolling Stones

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Sonny Rollins, saxophone 'colossus' dies at 95

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, has died.

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The Guardian - AU

Sonny Rollins, colossus of jazz saxophone, dies aged 95

One of the last stars of the bebop generation, Rollins was a genius of melodic invention and improvisation, working with Davis, Monk, Coltrane and others

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on 100 years after Miles Davis’s birth: why he still shapes modern music

Editorial: The trumpeter, composer and band leader still towers over jazz because he treated reinvention not as a betrayal, but as necessary for its survival

Kiplinger

Our Annual Grandparents' Guide to Today's Pop Artists

If you liked Amy Winehouse, Radiohead or Miles Davis, we have new music recommendations for you.

The Guardian - UK

From The Mandalorian and Grogu to Dear England: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

The helmeted Star Wars hero and ‘baby Yoda’ get a big-screen adventure, while James Graham’s play about England boss Gareth Southgate comes to TV

The Guardian - UK

Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud review – harmonic openness for Louis Malle’s haunting noir thriller

The trumpeter’s improvised soundtrack for the new wave director’s 1957 film still glows with sensuality, tension and nocturnal beauty in this lavish reissue

Guitar World

“Weather Report belonged to the three of us. When it ended, they didn’t pay me – they just took it”: Miroslav Vitous on his departure from Weather Report (and his thoughts on the bassists who replaced him)

Bassist Miroslav Vitous co-founded Weather Report with fellow Miles Davis alumni Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter

The Guardian - UK

BBC Proms to celebrate Miles Davis’s centenary and 250 years of US independence

This year’s programme to feature ambitious pieces with lots of notes – and that’s just prog night

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