Jazz & Conversation

Lenny White on Miles Davis’s Lessons

Lenny White reflects on what Miles Davis taught the musicians around him: how to listen harder, leave space, and find a personal voice inside the music. The article centers on White’s memories of Miles’s unusual guidance and the deeper way Davis pushed artists to think.

White also discusses how he now passes those lessons on to his students, keeping Miles’s spirit of curiosity and risk alive for a new generation. Read the full article here.

Eddie Henderson Carries Miles Davis Forward

For Eddie Henderson, the sold-out SFJAZZ tribute to Miles Davis on March 21 holds memories, lineage, and a lifetime of hard-won musical wisdom. Henderson experienced this music firsthand, learned directly from Miles, and still talks about it with the intensity of a first revelation. Read the full article here.

Javon Jackson: From Dylan’s Poetry to Miles’ Precision

On Jackson Plays Dylan, the veteran tenor saxophonist views Bob Dylan as a poet of protest, vulnerability, and humanism. As he prepares to perform at SFJAZZ for a Miles Davis tribute, Jackson links these two projects through lineage, discipline, and the art of saying more with less. Read the full article here.