brownie Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 News from the newspaper from Alston, Ill., Miles Davis hometown... Postal Service to issue Miles Davis stamp Quote
sidewinder Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 Now that they've got the stamp sorted out - whatever happened to the film? Quote
BFrank Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 Don Cheadle's Miles Davis movie will be a 'gangster' film Quote
Tjazz Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 Don't care for the design (picture) of the Miles Davis stamp. But it's better than nothing. Quote
crispi Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 Don't care for the design (picture) of the Miles Davis stamp. But it's better than nothing. I have the feeling that's just SOME picture of Miles that they happened to get a clearence on for the online article. Not sure it's the actual stamp. Also, that photo of Miles from the Don Cheadle article is definitely not from 1977. It's from the same session as the cover of the Mosaic Bitches Brew set. 1969, probably. These people should get their stuff right. Just sayin... Quote
fasstrack Posted January 28, 2012 Report Posted January 28, 2012 News from the newspaper from Alston, Ill., Miles Davis hometown... Postal Service to issue Miles Davis stamp He would've dug that. But then he was vain... Quote
JSngry Posted January 28, 2012 Report Posted January 28, 2012 What's the over/under on this being the photo used for the stamp design? Sure hope it's self-adhesive. No way in hell I'm licking that... Quote
brownie Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Posted January 29, 2012 Good choice of photo (image by David Gahr) I'll lick that! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 The stamp: Wow, the Jack Johnson cover!! Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 (From that link:) "This is a fitting honor," said Lee Barham, chairman of the steering committee for the Miles Davis Jazz Celebration. "Miles Davis was one of the greatest jazz musicians and trumpet players in the world. Before Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, there was Miles Davis." I'm not quite getting the references. Does Barham think Michael and Elvis were jazz trumpeters? Or is he just throwing out Famous Names? Quote
paul secor Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 (From that link:) "This is a fitting honor," said Lee Barham, chairman of the steering committee for the Miles Davis Jazz Celebration. "Miles Davis was one of the greatest jazz musicians and trumpet players in the world. Before Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, there was Miles Davis." I'm not quite getting the references. Does Barham think Michael and Elvis were jazz trumpeters? Or is he just throwing out Famous Names? I think he's referring to what Miles wanted to be. Quote
JETman Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 (From that link:) "This is a fitting honor," said Lee Barham, chairman of the steering committee for the Miles Davis Jazz Celebration. "Miles Davis was one of the greatest jazz musicians and trumpet players in the world. Before Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, there was Miles Davis." I'm not quite getting the references. Does Barham think Michael and Elvis were jazz trumpeters? Or is he just throwing out Famous Names? I think he's saying that Miles was famous before either one of those guys even got started. If so he's right. The inference being that Miles should have gotten a stamp long before Elvis or MJ did. Btw, that Jack Johnson cover is my favorite photo of the man. It just oozes cool. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 Btw, that Jack Johnson cover is my favorite photo of the man. It just oozes cool. Me too, hands-down my favorite pic of Miles. Almost can't believe that's what they chose to use, but hot damn!! Quote
paul secor Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) (From that link:) "This is a fitting honor," said Lee Barham, chairman of the steering committee for the Miles Davis Jazz Celebration. "Miles Davis was one of the greatest jazz musicians and trumpet players in the world. Before Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, there was Miles Davis." I'm not quite getting the references. Does Barham think Michael and Elvis were jazz trumpeters? Or is he just throwing out Famous Names? I think he's saying that Miles was famous before either one of those guys even got started. If so he's right. The inference being that Miles should have gotten a stamp long before Elvis or MJ did. Btw, that Jack Johnson cover is my favorite photo of the man. It just oozes cool. Not to make a big deal, but Elvis was famous in 1956. In 1956, Miles was much less of a star. He was playing clubs and was known in the jazz world, but not to music audiences in general. Edited January 30, 2012 by paul secor Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 (From that link:) "This is a fitting honor," said Lee Barham, chairman of the steering committee for the Miles Davis Jazz Celebration. "Miles Davis was one of the greatest jazz musicians and trumpet players in the world. Before Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, there was Miles Davis." I'm not quite getting the references. Does Barham think Michael and Elvis were jazz trumpeters? Or is he just throwing out Famous Names? I think he's saying that Miles was famous before either one of those guys even got started. If so he's right. The inference being that Miles should have gotten a stamp long before Elvis or MJ did. Btw, that Jack Johnson cover is my favorite photo of the man. It just oozes cool. Not to make a big deal, but Elvis was famous in 1956. In 1956, Miles was much less of a star. He was playing clubs and was known in the jazz world, but not to music audiences in general. I guess it's just Famous Names in Music. But he could have used Al Jolson, Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby, Lauritz Melchior, Helen Morgan, The Mills Brothers... There were LOTS of Famous Names in Music before Michael and Elvis. I suppose it tells more about Mr. Barham than about Miles. Quote
JETman Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 (From that link:) "This is a fitting honor," said Lee Barham, chairman of the steering committee for the Miles Davis Jazz Celebration. "Miles Davis was one of the greatest jazz musicians and trumpet players in the world. Before Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, there was Miles Davis." I'm not quite getting the references. Does Barham think Michael and Elvis were jazz trumpeters? Or is he just throwing out Famous Names? I think he's saying that Miles was famous before either one of those guys even got started. If so he's right. The inference being that Miles should have gotten a stamp long before Elvis or MJ did. Btw, that Jack Johnson cover is my favorite photo of the man. It just oozes cool. Not to make a big deal, but Elvis was famous in 1956. In 1956, Miles was much less of a star. He was playing clubs and was known in the jazz world, but not to music audiences in general. Maybe so, but Elvis was less famous in the center of the universe. Quote
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