Miles Davis Birthday Tribute In Chicago
Via Howard Reich at the Chicago Tribune:
The spirit of Miles Davis will hover over the Velvet Lounge this holiday weekend, with musicians influenced by the iconic trumpeter playing potentially significant shows.
* The main event will unfold on Monday, when pianist-composer Robert “Baabe” Irving III presides over an annual birthday tribute to Davis, who would have turned 83 that day (he died in 1991, at age 65).
* For the birthday celebration, Irving will convene a quintet featuring trumpeter Walter Henderson, saxophonist James Perkins, bassist Larry Gray and drummer Ernie Adams. The repertoire will focus on music from Davis’ classic 1960s quintet — with saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams.
The Irving band may touch briefly on plugged-in Miles, but it will focus on acoustic repertory, “mostly classic post-bop,” says Irving.
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