![Miles Davis, during rehearsals in New York on April 2, 1959.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/OHDW73O56ZHKPCHEU4PJMTPURI.jpg?auth=4e989120eca1a62c3c97be07ff3a24e4d1012cf61c216401f0a8ec4f8c52731d&width=414&height=233&focal=1210%2C1070)
1959: The glorious year of jazz
The emergence, 65 years ago, of a generation of ambitious musicians and best-sellers gave new life to a genre that was losing the talent of Billie Holiday and Lester Young
The emergence, 65 years ago, of a generation of ambitious musicians and best-sellers gave new life to a genre that was losing the talent of Billie Holiday and Lester Young
A recording of a previously unreleased concert by the pianist at Carnegie Hall, made at the time when she found her sound, marks the beginning of a year filled with tributes to the widow of John Coltrane
This year marks a century since the birth of the immense composer. A boxset of his 1970s recordings will commemorate the anniversary
John Chuldenko talks to EL PAÍS about the record selection, which includes albums by Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell