RAGBRAI makes its historic first trip outside the state of Iowa. Follow along for updates from Day 2 of the ride.

“I’d gotten to know Miles by then, and I’d go by his house a lot in those days. He would call up and say, ‘Come by the house, ...

Shakira concert canceled in Washington DC a day after nixed show in Boston Astros take action after Lance McCullers Jr., his wife and two young daughters receive online death threats Musk deploys ...

The distinguished jazz critic Francis Davis, husband of "Fresh Air" host and co-executive producer Terry Gross, died on Monday at his home in Philadelphia at 78. Francis Davis accepts the Grammy award ...

This archival album highlights a session by the trumpeter’s sextet from May 1958, a year before the recording of ‘Kind of Blue.’ ...

Today, Nov. 13, Analogue Productions unveils Birth of the Blue, an early rarity from Miles Davis and the storied sextet behind Kind of Blue. In this ...

“Kind of Blue” is widely considered the best jazz album of all time: 65 years later, one can’t help but wonder if that’s only because it’s the least challenging.

It didn’t take long after its release on August 17, 1959, for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue to ascend to a throne it has yet to vacate in all of the decades that have followed. With its scepter, came a ...

In that regard, “Kind of Blue” provides a service, which is ironically at odds with its all-but-official title as the best jazz album ever. I think of it more as motivation.