Avishai Cohen on Miles Davis
JazzTimes In Person video interview with trumpeter Avishai Cohen from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis. Cohen talked about his favorite Miles Davis bands and why Miles still looms large as an influence. Interview by Lee Mergner. Video by Melissa Mergner. For more information about JazzTimes magazine, go to jazztimes.com
About Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island.
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