A Tribute to Electric Miles featuring Wallace Roney and Ndugu Chancler at Stanford Jazz Festival

Inside Jazz pre-concert talk: Playing with Miles
Saturday, July 30, 7:00 p.m.
Featuring: Wallace Roney

“I don’t want to go back to the past. What’s important is what’s happening now,” said Miles Davis to Leonard Feather in 1972. And a lot was indeed happening. In a move that yielded influential recordings such as Filles de Kilimanjaro, In a Silent Way, Live Evil, and Bitches Brew, Miles pushed a group of the most talented jazz musicians in the world out of their comfort zones and into something new. Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, and others were put in new situations and in some cases, given electronic instruments they’d never seen before. They recorded, they toured, and they followed Miles into new territory. No one is more qualified to lead a tribute to the music of Miles Davis than trumpet master Wallace Roney. Wallace was mentored by Miles Davis after Miles heard him in 1983 at his birthday gala performance in Carnegie Hall. Their association peaked when Miles chose Wallace to share the stage at his historic performance in Montreux in 1991. After Davis died, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, and Wallace banded together and toured the world in tribute. As All About Jazz said, “Wallace Roney has integrated the lessons taught by Miles Davis, and he pays significant homage to them. . . . He is using and fully integrating the lessons of all that modern jazz has taught us in the last fifty years, and creating an exciting hybrid.”...

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Inside Jazz pre-concert talk: Playing with Miles
Saturday, July 30, 7:00 p.m.
Featuring: Wallace Roney

“I don’t want to go back to the past. What’s important is what’s happening now,” said Miles Davis to Leonard Feather in 1972. And a lot was indeed happening. In a move that yielded influential recordings such as Filles de Kilimanjaro, In a Silent Way, Live Evil, and Bitches Brew, Miles pushed a group of the most talented jazz musicians in the world out of their comfort zones and into something new. Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, and others were put in new situations and in some cases, given electronic instruments they’d never seen before. They recorded, they toured, and they followed Miles into new territory. No one is more qualified to lead a tribute to the music of Miles Davis than trumpet master Wallace Roney. Wallace was mentored by Miles Davis after Miles heard him in 1983 at his birthday gala performance in Carnegie Hall. Their association peaked when Miles chose Wallace to share the stage at his historic performance in Montreux in 1991. After Davis died, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, and Wallace banded together and toured the world in tribute. As All About Jazz said, “Wallace Roney has integrated the lessons taught by Miles Davis, and he pays significant homage to them. . . . He is using and fully integrating the lessons of all that modern jazz has taught us in the last fifty years, and creating an exciting hybrid.”

Sponsored in part by Lilo and George Miller.

For more information on this event or to purchase tickets please visit http://www.stanfordjazz.org or call (650) 725-ARTS [2787]

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