Alice Coltrane, widow of jazz great John Coltrane, playing the piano in her California home, in front of a portrait of her late husband. Despite having practiced music since a very early age, Alice Coltrane's work only somewhat recently began to be recognized. J.Emilio Flores/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Baron Wolman, photographed on Aug. 2, 2011 in New York for the release of his book The Rolling Stones Years. Anna Webber/WireImage hide caption
Miles Davis, onstage in West Germany in 1959. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
John Coltrane performs with drummer Elvin Jones and saxophonist Eric Dolphy in 1961. Impulse! Records is set to release the "lost" Coltrane album Blue World on Sept. 27. Bill Wagg/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
Miles Davis performing at Newport Jazz Festival in 1969. David Redfern/Redferns hide caption
In 2018, Prince's estate released a recording from the artist's fabled vault called Piano & A Microphone 1983. Allen Beaulieu/The Prince Estate hide caption
In Bill Murray's Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil checks for his shadow every day on repeat. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 provides listeners rare access to the Miles Davis Quintet's creative process. Veryl Oakland/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Don Cheadle as Miles Davis in Miles Ahead. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Don Cheadle stars as Miles Davis in the film Miles Ahead, which he also wrote, produced and directed. Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Miles Davis during a studio recording session, October 1959. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Mozart is great for babies, but what about Miles Davis? [Note: This child does not belong to Robin Hilton.] Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Prince & The Revolution's Purple Rain. Amazon.co.uk hide caption
Miles Davis poses at the side of stage during the Newport Jazz Festival. David Redfern/Redferns hide caption
Herbie Hancock's new memoir is titled Possibilities. Jessica Hancock/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Terence Blanchard plays the role of Miles Davis' trumpet with commitment and emotion at Monterey. Cole Thompson hide caption
Wynton Marsalis leads a group of musicians through upper Manhattan's Riverside Church for the New Orleans-style funeral of vibraphonist Lionel Hampton in 2002. Doug Kanter/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Detail from the cover of Miles Davis' Four & More. The album was one of two gleaned from a 1964 concert at Philharmonic Hall in New York. Album cover hide caption
Duke Ellington signs his biography in London in 1958, with Billy Strayhorn in the background. Ellington and Strayhorn collaborated to create 1960's The Nutcracker Suite. Reg Davis/Getty Images hide caption
Miles Davis' Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 is a compilation of previously unreleased material performed by a short-lived incarnation of his touring band. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jack DeJohnette. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gil Evans in the studio with Miles Davis, circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives hide caption