MAY 25-28 | MUSIC OF MILES DAVIS: A CELEBRATION
May 25, 2023
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
This first performance is focused on Davis’ hard bop first quintet of the 1950s with John Coltrane, the iconic 1959 sextet session Kind of Blue, and the exploratory 1960s second quintet with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.
CONCERT SPONSORS
Hugh and Ceseli Foster
It’s one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but it’s another thing to practically create a new language of music, which is what 'Kind of Blue' did.
chick corea
It’s one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but it’s another thing to practically create a new language of music, which is what 'Kind of Blue' did.
chick corea
Personnel
Patrice Rushen piano
Rodney Whitaker bass
Lenny White drums
Eddie Henderson trumpet
Donald Harrison alto saxophone
Javon Jackson tenor saxophone
The Miles Davis Quintet of the 1960s has long been praised as one of the most advanced small groups in jazz history.
The New York Times
Personnel
Patrice Rushen piano
Rodney Whitaker bass
Lenny White drums
Eddie Henderson trumpet
Donald Harrison alto saxophone
Javon Jackson tenor saxophone
The Miles Davis Quintet of the 1960s has long been praised as one of the most advanced small groups in jazz history.
The New York Times
Watch & Listen
Miles Davis
Freddie Freeloader
Miles Davis
Orbits
Miles Davis
Freddie Freeloader
Miles Davis
Orbits
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