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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.