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Miles Davis at 100

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We’ve rarely seen a centennial celebration like the one that coalesced around Miles Davis: cover stories, deluxe reissues, luxury brand partnerships, tributes of every form. But then, we’ve rarely seen an artist like Miles, who once credibly claimed to have "changed music four or five times." His output is a source of endless fascination — so in this episode, Josh Jackson and Nate Chinen decided to sit down and compare highlights, including some of the less celebrated turns and pivots in a famously forward-thinking career.

Nate Chinen has been writing about music for more than 25 years. He spent a dozen of them working as a critic for The New York Times, and helmed a long-running column for JazzTimes. As Editorial Director at WRTI, he oversees a range of classical and jazz coverage, and contributes regularly to NPR.
Josh Jackson is the associate general manager for programming and content at WRTI.