Jazz Articles about Yo Miles!

Yo Miles! Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith: Upriver

by Jeff Stockton
February 3, 2006

Last year the Yo Miles! collective released Sky Garden (Cuneiform), a two-disc set that surveyed ("covered" trivializes its accomplishment) Miles Davis' brand of funky '70s jazz fusion. At over two and a half hours, it was a massive slab of music. Upriver is also a massive slab. And once again it begs the question, “Does the world need another 25-minute version of 'Bitches Brew'? Yo Miles! speaks to the affirmative. The group is larger than the band ...

Yo Miles!: Live At The Fillmore - Oct. 21, 1999

by Mark Sabbatini
February 5, 2005

There's no definitive proof, but it seems safe assuming Henry Kaiser is the only professional musician to use the actual South Pole as a guitar slide.

Kaiser, part of the Yo Miles! ensemble seeking to capture the trumpeter's 1970s improvisational spirit, achieved the feat a few years ago while trying to become the first pro to compose and record an album entirely in Antarctica. Assemble a group of players like this and it's pretty clear even if they ...

Yo Miles!: Sky Garden

by Jerry D'Souza
August 1, 2004

In paying tribute one must go beyond the obvious. Yo Miles! succeeds in doing so on the second release that tips the group's collective hat in the direction of Miles Davis. It would have been simplistic to let a tribute to Davis lie in the wake of his music. Yo Miles! has gone beyond the fundamental with songs that breathe the spirit of Davis to create an atmosphere that resonates with a fire and an essence of their very own.