Jazz/Blues
Remembering Beatles' Sir George Martin & His Classical Influence on a Generation
Miles Davis and Chet Baker Come to Life in Two New Films
Two of jazz's greatest trumpet players, Miles Davis and Chet Baker, will both be coming back to life in new films due out this spring. Both are set to be played by noted Hollywood actors. In Born to be Blue, due out in theaters March 25, Ethan Hawke portrays the troubled trumpeter of the 50s and 60s Chet Baker. In Miles Ahead, House of Lies star Don Cheadle co-wrote, directed and stars as jazz god Miles Davis. Indonesian Pianist Sri Hanuraga Travels 'To the Universe' on deMajors Records [REVIEW]
Sri Hanuraga -- known as Aga -- is a young piano player from Indonesia whose new CD "To the Universe" (deMajors Records) is influenced by Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner, yet it's Brad Mehldau who Aga apes on this self-produced quartet recording of piano/bass/drums/flute.
