This is FRESH AIR. In the spring of 1960, John Coltrane played his last engagements as a sideman with Miles Davis on a European tour. Recordings from these concerts have been bootlegged for years. Now ...

Urban legend has it that in 1957 Miles Davis charged up to a frightened woman at the Washateria Laundromat on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 25th Street. He bellowed, "How long does this ...

Before albums like A Love Supreme and Giant Steps cemented his reputation as one of jazz’s most visionary figures, John Coltrane spent the late 1950s ...

The Emmet Cohen Quintet will perform music by Miles Davis and John Coltrane as part of the Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest.

The San Francisco-based string quartet will perform an original work Friday at the Carver Community Cultural Center that celebrates the two jazz icons.

Boston Symphony Hall is at Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, MA.

Ahead of his January 27 Santa Barbara appearance, composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard joins Air Time to talk about the Miles Davis and John Coltrane Centennial, a concert honoring two towering ...

How fitting that jazz titans Miles Davis and John Coltrane were both born in 1926. As the centennial of their births is celebrated across the country, tributes have taken many forms. Trumpeter Terence ...

In “3 Shades of Blue,” journalist James Kaplan — author, among other books, of “Frank: The Voice,” and “Sinatra: The Chairman” — takes a deep dive into these developments. His book is structured ...

NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. Describes the collaboration between Miles David and John Coltrane, focusing on their influences upon each other and the impact their music has made ...

Miles Davis & John Coltrane “The Final Tour — The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6” (Columbia/Legacy) The first entry in Columbia’s massive Miles Davis box set series in 2000 collected the complete studio ...