Miles Davis
How black music changed the world
Three new books describe the global influence of black alternative music, from blues, jazz and hip-hop to dub, rap and dancehall
A gigantic field of feeling
I was never into the blues that much. I listened to a bit of Roy Buchanan and Rory Gallagher but…
‘Do black movies really not sell?’
Don Cheadle talks to Jasper Rees about the long, hard road to bringing Miles Davis’s life to the big screen
Cracking up
The troubles of Richard Pryor’s life are well known — from his childhood in a brothel to his self-immolation via…
