- Miles Ahead
- Dialogue: "It takes a Long Time..."
- So What
- Taylor Made
- Dialogue: "Listen, You Talk Too Goddam Much..."
- Solea (Excerpt)
- Seven Steps to Heaven
- Dialogue: "If You Gonna Tell a Story..."
- Nefertiti
- Frelon brun
- Dialogue: "Sometimes You Have These Thoughts..."
- Duran
- Dialogue: "You Own My Music..."
- Go Ahead John, Pt. 2 C
- Black Satin
- Dialogue: "Be Musical About This Shit..."
- Prelude, Pt. 2
- Dialogue: "Y'all Listening to Them..."
- Junior's Jam
- Francessence
- Back Seat Betty (Excerpt)
- Dialogue: "I don't Like the Word Jazz..."
- What's Wrong with That?
- Gone 2015
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At the end of Don Cheadle's liner essay for Miles Ahead, the soundtrack for his expressionist Miles Davis biopic, he quotes Herbie Hancock from a documentary about the trumpeter's electric years: ."..I couldn't pick a piece.. Because Miles is all of the pieces." That's a fine explanation for what is compiled here. Eleven of these tunes were selected from Davis' catalog, beginning with the title track cut for Prestige in 1953. There are stops all along the way to 1981's "Back Seat Betty." In presenting such a wide selection of Davis' music for a cinema audience, judicious editing was often necessitated: "Solea," "Seven Steps to Heaven," "Nefertiti," "Duran (Take 6)," "Black Satin," and "Back Seat Betty" are all presented this way. "So What," "Frelon Brun," and "Go Ahead John, Pt. 2" are presented in full. While fans may take issue with the entire idea of edits, they serve a proper purpose inside the soundtrack concept. Interspersed are bits of dialogue by Cheadle (as Davis) and others. They are so short they don't distract. The album also includes the brief "Taylor Made" by pianist Taylor Eigsti. Titled for Davis' first wife and muse Frances Taylor, it briefly recontextualizes several important themes in the trumpeter's fakebook. There are also four new compositions written or co-written by Robert Glasper. The funky "Junior's Jam" features saxophonist Marcus Strickland, trumpeter Keyon Harrold, drummer Kendrick Scott, and bassist Burniss Earl Travis. Glasper, who plays Rhodes, perfectly captures the spirit of Davis' early electric era, with riff-like basslines, funky drums, and eerie electric pianos, while the frontline horns engage and disengage from rhythm and vamp. "Francessence" is a lilting theme piece with Vicente Archer's upright bass, E.J. Strickland's brushed drums, and Elena Pinderhughes' flute. The real highlight is "What's Wrong with That?" Framed in the film as a live concert piece, it places Glasper's Rhodes in the company of Harrold (using a mute), Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding (on electric bass), Antonio Sanchez, and guitarist Gary Clark, Jr. A loose jam based on vamps, it weaves Davis' bluesy lyricism with spacy elements of fusion, harder psychedelic funk grooves, and even the tender soul pop notions from later years. The album closes with "Gone," a hip-hop tune with Pharoahe Monch rapping over a bumping bassline, slippery snare, and hi-hat beats (Dilla style), adorned by a sampled brass section, gospel piano chords, and Harrold's soaring, muted trumpet solo. It was wise to separate most of these new sounds from Davis' sides, making the album a double portrait: One of the artist and another of how he contributed to the future. Miles Ahead is not a complete representation of Davis, and that's fine. What it does accomplish is to offer an impression of essence as an artist who changed everything by his example.
Product Details
Release Date: | 04/01/2016 |
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Label: | Sony Legacy |
UPC: | 0889853066728 |
catalogNumber: | 530667 |
Rank: | 64274 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Miles Davis Primary Artist,Organ,TrumpetCannonball Adderley Alto Saxophone
Ron Carter Bass
George Coleman Tenor Saxophone
Johnny Coles Trumpet
Jack DeJohnette Drums
Bill Evans Flute,Piano,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Fortune Flute,Alto Saxophone
Carlos Garnett Soprano Saxophone
Herbie Hancock Synthesizer,Piano,Keyboards,fender rhodes
Billy Hart Drums
Dave Holland Bass,Electric Bass
Elvin Jones Percussion
John Lewis Piano
Bennie Maupin Bass Clarinet
John McLaughlin Electric Guitar
Max Roach Drums
Wayne Shorter Saxophone,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone
Tony Williams Drums
Steve Grossman Soprano Saxophone
Frank Rehak Trombone
Ernie Royal Trumpet
Reggie Lucas Guitar
Jimmy Cobb Drums
Percy Heath Bass
Badal Roy Tabla
Khalil Balakrishna Electric Sitar
Danny Bank Bass Clarinet
Paul Chambers Bass
Billy Cobham Drums
Armando Anthony Corea Electric Piano,fender rhodes
Pete Cosey Synthesizer,Guitar,Percussion
Gil Evans Conductor
Harold Feldman Flute
Sammy Figueroa Percussion
Barry Finnerty Guitar
Foster Drums
Bernie Glow Trumpet
Michael Henderson Bass,Fender Jazz Bass
Jack Knitzer Bassoon
James Mtume Percussion
Jose Mangual Percussion
Marcus Miller Electric Bass
Tony Miranda French Horn
Louis Mucci Trumpet
Romeo Penque Oboe
Antonio Sanchez Drums
Harold "Ivory" Williams Organ,Synthesizer
Dick Hixon Trombone
Joe Singer French Horn
Block Flute
David Creamer Guitar
Taylor Eigsti Piano
Marcus Strickland Saxophone
Esperanza Spalding Bass
Robert Glasper fender rhodes
Kendrick Scott Drums
Don Cheadle Narrator
Keyon Harrold Trumpet
Gary Clark Guitar
Bill Barber Tuba
Janet Putman Harp
Jimmy Buffington French Horn
Burniss Travis Bass
Technical Credits
Miles Davis ComposerVictor Feldman Composer
Wayne Shorter Composer
Gil Evans Arranger,Composer
Ira Gitler Producer
Teo Macero Producer
Irving Townsend Producer
Vince Wilburn Soundtrack Executive Producer
Taylor Eigsti Composer
Marcus Strickland Composer
Robert Glasper Composer,Producer
Don Cheadle Composer,Producer,Liner Notes,Soundtrack Executive Producer
Erin Davis Soundtrack Executive Producer
Darryl Porter Soundtrack Executive Producer
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