Filmmakers Stanley Nelson Jr. and Nicole London didn’t want to do a typical documentary on funk music. What they made is a ...

It's no slight understatement to declare Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (released 3/30/70) a paradigm-shifting work. Not that its groundbreaking likes were any ...

Dion Dia and How Bazar are set to present the third annual Big: Culture and Arts Festival with support from Visit Gainesville, Alachua County as part of the county’s yearlong Discover 200 Bicentennial ...

Some of the most crucial tracks by the jazz great Miles Davis have been hiding ... The new album’s title refers to another Davis classic, “Birth of the Cool,” which was released in 1957 ...

"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His ...

Loira Limbal has been appointed president and CEO of Firelight Media. Limbal succeeds Marcia Smith, who co-founded the ...

Wednesday, April 9 8 p.m. - University of Akron Faculty and Jazz Trio with Sean Jones will play Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool at Guzzetta Hall, located at 228 E. Buchtel Ave. Admission is free ...

This ‘Independent Lens’ presentation focuses on the rise of funk in the 1960s and ’70s, highlighting its place in black music ...

audiences can follow ambassadors of jazz Birth of the Cool on a toe-tapping expedition through the iconic era of jazz in an exploration of the late Miles Davis and trumpet greats like Freddie ...