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Backgrounder: Miles Davis - Miles Ahead, 1957
Miles Davis's Miles Ahead: Miles +19 for Columbia is one of jazz's most exquisite orchestral albums. The LP was arranged by Gil Evans, who, with Davis, selected nine jazz songs plus an Evans-Davis original and dressed them up in a modernist, Thornhillian style. The result is spectacular. Davis on flugelhorn is gentle and at times even ...
Miles Comes To The Big Screen; Nephew Vincent Wilburn Approves
by R.J. DeLuke
Sometimes a comment made without serious intent can start the wheels of fate. Many Miles Davis fans know there has been a Miles Davis movie in the works for some time. Different proposals emerged over the years, none of them coming to light for varying reasons. Now, however, all Miles fans know that it's ...
Don Cheadle's "Miles Ahead"
by Solomon J. LeFlore
Miles Ahead, in which the Academy Award winning actor portrays the legendary trumpeter, marks the directorial debut of Don Cheadle, who co-wrote the script.The independently financed production was shot in Cincinnati. Co-starring with Don Cheadle are Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg and Emayatzy Corinealdi. The production capped a nine year journey to the big screen ...
Miles on Monday: First reviews of Miles Ahead
With the debut this past weekend of Don Cheadle's film Miles Ahead at the New York Film Festival, this week's Miles Davis news is full of items about the long-awaited movie. On the eve of the Festival, New York Times film critic A.O. Scott thought Miles Ahead could be an Oscar contender, writing, “Anyone who wants ...
Miles Ahead
By The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
Label: Spartacus Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Springville; The Maids of Cadiz; The Duke; My Ship; Miles Ahead; Blues for Pablo; New Rhumba;
The Meaning of the Blues; Lament; I Don
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Miles Ahead
by Jack Bowers
If you’ve ever wondered how those classic Miles Davis / Gil Evans collaborations from the late ’50s might have sounded had Miles laid aside the mute and played open trumpet, here’s a proximate likeness from Canadian trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, accompanied by the excellent Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. These are Evans’ groundbreaking arrangements, performed in ...
Miles Ahead
By Miles Davis
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1958
Track listing: Springsville;
The Maids of Cadiz;
The Duke;
My Ship;
Miles Ahead;
Blues for Pablo;
New Rhumba;
Medley Pt. 1: The Meaning of the Blues;
Medley Pt. 2: Lament;
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed.
