The Unassailable Miles Davis, or, To Know Him Is To Love Him

Marguerite Cantu

Yes! Many thanks.

"Bess, You Is My Woman Now," right now on local station: arrangement briefly intros Miles and then disappears, staying out of his way (thanks, Gil). Living breathing solo.

Or I should say the melodic statement is the solo, and vice versa. Wow.

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Jack DeJohnette’s Tribute to Miles Davis & More
AUGUST 9, 2023 @ 7:30pm

Performers:
Jack DeJohnette
Will Calhoun
Vernon Reid
Don Byron
George Colligan
Luisito Quintero
Matt Garrison

Plus:
Very Special Guests to be announced August 7, 2023.
Who might they be? Well… there’s a reason we need a 1,500 seat theatre!

Ticket Link

You might want to grab your tickets before August 7th…
Once we announce, those remaining seats will go Light Speed!!

Let’s Goooo!!! 🎉🙌🙏❤️

In terms of Miles's best known collaborators, I'm guessing maybe Dave Holland, who has some shows in NYC a week later. (He, DeJohnette and Jason Moran played an amazing show together last year in Woodstock.) Could even be Ron Carter - I don't think he has anything booked. Maybe Herbie Hancock? He's playing Newport on August 6 so he could definitely make it. John McLaughlin would be amazing - he's supposed to be retired, but I don't think a one-off performance would be out of the question.

Your comment reminded me about a question that entered my head yesterday: What kind of guitar was John McLaughlin using on IASW?

This thread claims it's a Duo-Sonic, citing compelling evidence from Robben Ford. There's also this picture of JM with Tony Williams:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dVPBBf9Ti6M/TRJIDo5T5PI/AAAAAAAAAIU/k7Yh8hr_2Vo/s1600/Lifetime+7.JPG

on the other hand:

You played an acoustic with Lifetime?!

In the beginning, but it was tough because Tony's such a powerful drummer and Larry was pulling these weird sounds out of the organ. It was loud and sometimes would start to feedback, and it's hard to play when the guitar is freaking out. But, for example, [Davis'] In A Silent Way -- that's a Hummingbird, just a pure acoustic with a pickup.

xxp turns out the special guests are Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana.

“And more surprise guests will be joining Carlos, Cindy and Jack at the show. It’s going to be an amazing night at UPAC!”

To this day I still check the official store hoping for a miracle restock of the On the Corner sessions box. Still haunts me that I missed the brief window they came up for sale again a few years ago.

I stupidly passed on them that time.

I don't need the fancy box or anything, but man I would love a repress.