In May of 2010, a group of Miles Davis alumni, New York’s finest Latin Jazz players, and a contingent of exceptional Spanish musicians, gathered at Sear Sound Studios in Manhattan for an unprecedented recording event.
MILES ESPANOL travels more deeply than ever before into the connective tissue between the jazz innovations of Miles Davis and the modern masters who performed in his bands; and the dramatic, romantic soul of Spanish, Latin and Moorish traditional and contemporary music.
Two CDs of material were recorded, blending two different categories of repertoire.
The first, new interpretations and arrangements of Miles classics from Sketches Of Spain (“Concierto de Aranjuez”, “Saeta/Pan Piper, “Solea”) Kind Of Blue (“Flamenco Sketches”), and Someday My Price Will Come (“Teo” aka “Teo/Neo”.)
The second, new compositions by principals in the sessions—Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Ron Carter, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, etc.—that enhance and extend the musical concepts into the multicultural language of 21st Century Jazz.
In addition, the sessions were filmed in high-definition video in their entirety, including performances and interviews with all of the principals, for broadcast, online, and DVD exploitation.
MILES ESPANOL LIVE
A live performance version of MILES ESPANOL is being developed for worldwide concerts and festivals in 2011 and beyond, featuring various configurations of the recording ensemble, including guest stars.
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