Obituaries Related to "Miles" from New York Times Archive
Ian Carr, Jazz Trumpeter and Author of Miles Davis Biography, Dies at 75
Mr. Carr was a Scottish-born trumpeter who, like his formidable influence, Miles Davis, was an early practitioner of jazz-rock fusion.
Jimmy Cobb, Drummer on Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue,’ Dies at 91
The last surviving member of that landmark album’s sextet, he was a master of understatement, propelling his bandmates with a quiet persistence.
Steve Grossman, Hired as a Teenager by Miles Davis, Dies at 69
He was just 18 when Davis recruited him to play saxophone in his band. He went on to play with Elvin Jones and to lead his own groups.
Jimmy Cobb, Drummer on Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue,’ Dies at 91
The last surviving member of that landmark album’s sextet, he was a master of understatement, propelling his bandmates with a quiet persistence.
Buddy Miles, 60, Hendrix Drummer, Dies
Mr. Miles played with a brisk, assertive, deeply funky attack that made him an apt partner for Jimi Hendrix.
Buddy Miles, Hendrix Drummer, Dies
Mr. Miles, a drummer in Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys and a hitmaker under his own name, was 60.
After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes
The city will build the lanes as part of a $1.7 billion street safety plan to be adopted by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council.
Steve Grossman, Hired as a Teenager by Miles Davis, Dies at 69
He was just 18 when Davis recruited him to play saxophone in his band. He went on to play with Elvin Jones and to lead his own groups.
Jimmy Cobb, Drummer on Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue,’ Dies at 91
The last surviving member of that landmark album’s sextet, he was a master of understatement, propelling his bandmates with a quiet persistence.
Julia Miles, 90, Dies; Pushed for Gender Parity in the Theater
Concerned that female directors and playwrights were underrepresented in New York theaters, she founded Women’s Project in 1978 to cultivate their work.
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Pam Hogg, Iconoclastic Scottish Designer, Dies at 74
She was a star of London’s post-punk D.I.Y. fashion, art and performance scene, and dressed a generation of rock stars in her otherworldly handmade clothes.
Frank Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
He designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings, notably the spectacular Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, his masterpiece.
Robert B. Fiske Jr., First to Lead Whitewater Investigation, Dies at 94
He had overseen high-profile cases as a private lawyer and a U.S. attorney in New York when he was named to examine the role of Bill and Hillary Clinton in a failed development venture.
Hamilton O. Smith, Who Made a Biotech Breakthrough, Is Dead at 94
A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork for milestones in scientific research and medicine, like insulin.
Erik Bulatov, Russian Painter Who Undermined Soviet Propaganda, Dies at 92
For years he lived a double life, secretly making anti-Communist paintings. He found fame in the late 1980s, once his work was shown outside the Soviet Union.
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
As a medic, he saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach on D-Day before becoming a prisoner of war. Back home, a decorated veteran, he was forbidden to vote as a Native American.
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