Cuneiform: Yo Miles!: Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith – Upriver / Dieses Wochenende für FIVE
Noch immer faszinierend !!! Wer hören will, wie Miles Davis Fusion heute klingen könnte. Hier ist die Antwort von keinen geringeren als Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith und erst die Gäste !
„Smith and Kaiser have recovered some of (Miles‘) radical energy and reapplied it in the context of a new technology that gives this music clarity as well as thudding power…if you want to see where (Miles‘) example leads us, this is the way to go.“ – The Wire
„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. Kaiser and Smith’s knowing explorations through Miles‘ complex electro-funk realm revisits the dread while expanding the beauty.“
-All About Jazz.
Among the giants enthroned in jazz’s pantheon, no one made as big, as broad, as bad-boy brazen of an impact on popular music in many manifestations – jazz, rock and improvisation – as Miles Davis. At the same time, he pioneered new routes for rock. The innovations Davis made in both jazz and rock spawned immediate followers in his time, and continue to infuse and energize the music of today.
But even during the revival that began in the 1990s, „… only one band has had the courage to throw itself full bore into the thorniest Davis era, the mid-’70s years when he created a dark, dangerous, haunting, ecstatically wondrous body of music that no one has ever attempted to duplicate.“ (San Francisco Chronicle). That band is Yo Miles! Yo Miles! was formed in 1998 to explore, expound and expand on Davis’ mid-70s electric music.
Co-led by Wadada Leo Smith (electric and acoustic trumpets) and Henry Kaiser(electric guitar), the huge cast also features:
Michael Manring – bass
Steve Smith – drums
Chris Muir – electric guitar
Tom Coster – keyboards
Karl Perazzo – percussion
Greg Osby – alto saxophone
John Tchicai – tenor and alto saxophones
Mike Keneally – electric guitar
with special guests:
Zakir Hussain – tabla & percussion („On The Corner Jam“)
ROVA Sax Quartet [Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin) („Black Satin“)
Dave Creamer – electric guitar („Black Satin“)
Containing 2 1/2 hours of music, this recording focuses on Davis‘ improv-fueled works from the early-mid 70’s, while also including an original Smith composition and a group improvisation.
Incidentally, the two Yo Miles! albums we released was the beginning of our working relationship with Wadada, with whom we did much more in the following 12 years!
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