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On Miles' (not so) Silent Way

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
August 6, 2019
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On 30 July 1969

Miles Davis

trumpet
1926 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis released In a Silent Way. After influencing generations of musicians, its tracks continue to sound as modern 50 years later as when they were first recorded.

This week we celebrate the musical trail blazed by that seminal album by focusing on musicians that have embraced Miles' electric legacy.

Happy listening!

Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00

Hot Club Of Detroit

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Hot Club Of Detroit "Heavy Artillerie / It's About That Time" It's About That Time (Mack Avenue) 0:17

Host talks 4:20

Mederic Collignon

cornet
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Mederic Collignon "Shhh Peaceful / It's About That Time" Shangri Tunkashi-La (Plus Loin) 7:48

Don Byron

clarinet
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Byron "In a Silent Way" Ivey-Divey (Blue Note) 19:14

Host talks 28:31

Animation

" data-original-title="" title="">Animation "Bitches Brew" Asiento (RareNoise) 30:23

Mederic Collignon

cornet
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Mederic Collignon "Mademoiselle Mabry" Shangri Tunkashi-La (Plus Loin) 43:15

Host talks 50:27

Betty Davis

vocals
1944 - 2022

" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Davis "Come Take Me" Betty Davis (Light in the Attic) 52:42

Henry Kaiser

guitar
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">Henry Kaiser,

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith "Tatu/Agartha Funk" Upriver (Cuneiform) 56:33

Bill Evans

piano
1929 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans "Jean Pierre" Soulgrass (BHM) 1:06:55

Host talks 1:13:34

Miles Davis

trumpet
1926 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis "Decoy" The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux 1973-1991 (Warner) 1:15:57

Jeff Ballard

drums
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Ballard "YEAH PETE!" Fairgrounds (Edition) 1:19:59

Yazz Ahmed

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Yazz Ahmed "Lahan al-Mansour" Lahan al-Mansour -Single (Ropeadope) 1:25:24

Host talks 1:35:00

Dave Douglas

trumpet
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Douglas "Black Rock Park" Freak In (RCA Bluebird) 1:36:51

Mat Maneri

viola
b.1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Mat Maneri "In Peace" Sustain (Thirsty Ear) 1:41:41

Enrico Merlin "Black Satin" Never Again! (Self-released) 1:50:27

Host talks 1:55:37

Mark Isham

trumpet
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Isham "Internet" Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project (Columbia) 1:57:58

Jon Hassell

trumpet
b.1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Hassell "Divine S.O.S." Magic Realism 2 (Nyen) 2:02:57

Nicholas Payton

trumpet
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Nicholas Payton "Fela 1" Sonic Trance (Warner) 2:10:10

Host talks 2:17:11

Erik Truffaz

trumpet
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Erik Truffaz Quartet "Less" The Mask (Blue Note) 2:19:06

Ben Neill

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Neill "Tunnel Vision" Goldbug (Verve) 2:22:48

Nils Petter Molvaer

trumpet
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Nils Petter Molvaer "Tlon" Khmer (ECM) 2:28:48

Host talks 2:36:39

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Fabrizio Bosso

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Fabrizio Bosso,

Francesco Bearzatti

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Francesco Bearzatti,

Eivind Aarset

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Eivind Aarset,

Aldo Vigorito

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Aldo Vigorito "About a Silent Way II" About a Silent Way (Itinera) 2:39:41

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