Kind of Blue was just 3 years old in 1962, but Miles Davis was already fed up with the spotlight that album and its successors were shining on him. “It bugs me, because I'm not that important," the ...

Trumpeter Miles Davis was the quintessence of cool. A musical icon as well as a cultural one, Davis took his place in the pantheon by ceaselessly seeking and often ushering in the “next thing” in jazz ...

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 ...

American jazz musician Miles Davis, center, escorts friends to funeral of rock-guitarist Jimi Hendrix in Seattle, Wa., Oct. 1, 1970. Davis is one of many musicians gathered to pay tribute to Hendrix, ...