ON THIS DAY: MILES DAVIS ‘IN A SILENT WAY’ 56TH ANNIVERSARY
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT 14:00 AND 21:00
Gone was the eloquent, acoustic post-bop; in came thundering electric guitars, pianos, and keyboards performing steaming jazz rock: 56 years ago today, trumpeter Miles Davis recorded his first fusion album, effectively starting his ‘electric period’. The 1969 album ‘In a Silent Way’ was recorded in one historic session on February 18, 1969. Producer Teo Macero then edited and arranged the material following the classical sonata structure of exposition, development, and recapitulation. The result was an album that is seen as one of Davis's finest and most influential works, with Rolling Stone describing it as “the kind of album that gives you faith in the future of music”. Stingray DJAZZ celebrates this surprising turning point in Davis’s career by broadcasting the documentary ‘Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue’ on February 18 at 14:00, in which Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Carlos Santana, Joni Mitchell, and Dave Liebman shed light on the cool jazz musician’s move to jazz fusion in the late 1960s. Experience ‘the new Miles’ on Stingray DJAZZ at 21:00 with the Miles Davis Septet’s 1985 live performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague. Miles Davis on trumpet performs alongside John Scofield on electric guitar, Darryl Jones on bass guitar, Robert Irving III on keyboards, Bob Berg on saxes, Steve Thornton on percussion, and Vincent Wilburn Jr. on drums. They played iconic tracks including ‘Street Scenes’, ‘Star People’, ‘Human Nature’, and ‘Time After Time’. See how it all came together – on Stingray DJAZZ!
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT 14:00
When he released "Bitches Brew" in 1970, Miles Davis opened up a new angle to jazz which stirred up emotions like no other record before. Some critics accused Davis of selling out, while the public bought it like crazy. It is one of the most examined albums of all time, even garnering a box set of the sessions. To date, "Bitches Brew" is one of the top selling jazz albums of all time. "Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue" examines the next step in the creative process…performing these songs live. The 1970 Isle of Wight featured an array of performers from The Who to Jethro Tull to Joni Mitchell. With improvisation playing a big role in the performance, the band (Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Gary Bartz and Dave Holland) had to be "on", yet ready to change on the fly. Directed by award-winning producer Murray Lerner, "Miles Electric" sits down with several of the performers who played with Miles, interspersed with his 1970 Isle of Wight performance, as well as artists such as Carlos Santana and Joni Mitchell, who describe the impact Miles Davis had towards music.
Miles Davis live at the NSJ Tuinpaviljoen
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT 21:00
The world-renowned North Sea Jazz Festival features a wide variety of genres, including traditional New Orleans jazz, swing, bop, free jazz, fusion, avant-garde and electronic jazz, blues, gospel, funk, soul, R&B, hip hop, world beat and Latin. The festival was founded by entrepreneur and jazz fan Paul Acket, who sold his highly successful pop magazine publishing house to organize and fund the first edition of the festival in 1976. This broadcast from the North Sea Jazz Archives presents the amazing Miles Davis.
