Triple tribute to Miles
The great Miles Davis was honoured in 2009. The Festival marked
the 50th anniversary of the classic album Kind of Blue with three shows
dedicated to the late great trumpet player:
Jimmy Cobb and the So
What Band presented the show Remembering the Miles Davis Classic Kind of
Blue at 50. The venerable drummer knew a little something about the recording:
He was in Davis’s band at the time.
Saxophone player and one-time collaborator with the master
Kenny Garrett presented the concert Sketches of MD,
already released on CD in 2008.
The collective Miles from India, composed of some ten virtuoso
musicians including saxophone player
Rudesh Mahanthappa, lent an Indian flavour to the work of Miles
Davis.
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