Everything's Beautiful Miles Davis & Robert Glasper

• 1 Talking Shit 03:09
• 2 Ghetto Walkin' 03:42
• 3 They Can't Hold Me Down 02:14
• 4 Maiysha (So Long) 07:30
• 5 Violets 03:24
• 6 Little Church 06:35
• 7 Silence Is the Way 05:18
• 8 Song for Selim 02:40
• 9 Milestones 04:16
• 10 I'm Leaving You 03:14
• 11 Right On Brotha 05:01
• Total Runtime 47:03

Info for Everything's Beautiful

Die Musik von Miles Davis im Spiegel des 21. Jahrhunderts - so ließe sich das neue Projekt des Grammy-prämierten Jazz/R&B/HipHop-Künstlers Robert Glasper beschreiben. Auf 'Everything s Beautiful' veschmelzen Glasper und ein brillantes Ensemble von Gastmusikern Songmaterial des Trompeters mit eigenen Beiträgen. Miles Davis hat einmal gesagt: 'Ich spiele gerne mit jungen Musikern. Ich möchte immer erschaffen und ändern. Bei Musik geht es nicht um Stillstand und Sicherheit'.

Dieses neue aufregende Projekt hätte Miles selbst verwirklicht, würde er noch leben. Robert Glasper erkärt dazu: 'Ich wollte nicht nur ein Remix Album machen, meine Idee war vielmehr, zu zeigen, wie Miles andere Leute inspirierte, neue Kunst zu kreiieren'. Und das trifft dieses Album in der Tat genau: verschiedene von Miles inspirierte Künstler interpretieren dessen Tracks in ihren eigenen einzigartigen Versionen, unter anderem Erykah Badu, Stevie Wonder, Hiatus Kaiyote, Laura Mvula, Bilal, Phonte, Ledisi, John Scofield und viele mehr.

So lernt ein neues, zeitgenössisches Publikum die Musik von Miles Davis neu kennen, mit einem Hip Hop Feeling, und mit der Innovation sowohl des Rap als auch des Jazz.

Bilal, vocals (track 2)
Illa J, vocals (track 3)
Erykah Badu, vocals (track 4)
Phonte, vocals (track 5)
Hiatus Kaiyote, vocals (track 6)
Laura Mvula, vocals (track 7)
King (Amber Strother, Anita Bias, Paris Strother), vocals (track 8)
Georgia Anne Muldrow, vocals (track 9)
Ledisi, vocals (track 10)
John Scofield, guitar (track 10)
Stevie Wonder, harmonica (track 11)
Robert Glasper, keyboards
Derrick Hodge, bass (tracks 1, 3)
Burniss Earl Travis, bass (tracks 5, 10)

Miles Davis (1926-1991)
is one of the world’s most iconic, influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz, 20th century music and beyond. During his five-decade career as trumpeter, bandleader and composer, he was a prime mover and trendsetter in the evolution of jazz as an art form. Davis recorded a number of classic albums on Prestige Records between 1951 and 1961, including his debut as a bandleader, The New Sounds (1951), which also introduced Miles as composer of future bebop jazz standard “Dig”, a composition that has been recorded by numerous other jazz artists including Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp and Donald Byrd. Miles’ next album Blue Period (1953) featured “Out Of The Blue” and “Bluing”, both of which were recorded during the making of The New Sounds album and reappeared on the 1956 album Dig along with the title track itself. In 1954 came the Miles Davis Quartet album, which featured “Tune Up”, “Smooch”, “Miles Ahead” and jazz standards “Four” and “Blue Haze”. The Musings Of Miles album (1955) featured yet another Davis standard “Green Haze”. What followed in 1956 for Davis was a busy year of recordings and releases including Miles Davis And Horns, which featured the composition “Down”, and Collectors’ Items, which featured the “The Serpent’s Tooth” and “Compulsion”. It was on the 1957 album Walkin’ that one of Davis’ greatest compositions, modern jazz standard “Solar” first appeared. Covered by dozens of jazz greats including Bill Evans, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, the first two bars of “Solar” adorn Davis’ tombstone. Always an explorer of unknown musical paths, Davis the composer was a creature of innate intellect, primal instinct and improvisational perfection.

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