Everything's Beautiful Miles Davis & Robert Glasper

• 1 Talking Shit 03:09
• 2 Ghetto Walkin' 03:42
• 3 They Can't Hold Me Down 02:14
• 4 Maiysha (So Long) 07:30
• 5 Violets 03:24
• 6 Little Church 06:35
• 7 Silence Is the Way 05:18
• 8 Song for Selim 02:40
• 9 Milestones 04:16
• 10 I'm Leaving You 03:14
• 11 Right On Brotha 05:01
• Total Runtime 47:03

Info for Everything's Beautiful

Robert Glasper is one of the most important artists bridging the gap between hip hop and jazz, along with the likes of Flying Lotus and Thundercat, though he is more closely affiliated with the Soulquarian collective than Brainfeeder.

Everything's Beautiful brings Miles Davis' sound into the 21st century, blending a diverse group of master takes and outtakes from across Miles' incredible tenure with Columbia Records (1955-1985) with original reinterpretations. Robert Glasper produced the collaboration. 'I didn't want to do just a remix record,' Glasper noted when discussing the 11-song set. 'My idea was to show how Miles inspired people to make new art.'

Knowing that 'Miles didn't have one audience,' Glasper recruited a legion of diverse guest artists to add to the magic of the project including familiar collaborators like R&B musicians Erykah Badu, Ledisi, Bilal and KING. They are joined by British soul singer-songwriter Laura Mvula; hip-hop producer Rashad Smith; Grammy-nominated Australian neo-soul quartet Hiatus Kaiyote, rapper/producer Illa J; jazz guitarist John Scofield, who collaborated with Davis; and the legendary Stevie Wonder.

Bilal, vocals (track 2)
Illa J, vocals (track 3)
Erykah Badu, vocals (track 4)
Phonte, vocals (track 5)
Hiatus Kaiyote, vocals (track 6)
Laura Mvula, vocals (track 7)
King (Amber Strother, Anita Bias, Paris Strother), vocals (track 8)
Georgia Anne Muldrow, vocals (track 9)
Ledisi, vocals (track 10)
John Scofield, guitar (track 10)
Stevie Wonder, harmonica (track 11)
Robert Glasper, keyboards
Derrick Hodge, bass (tracks 1, 3)
Burniss Earl Travis, bass (tracks 5, 10)

Miles Davis (1926-1991)
is one of the world’s most iconic, influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz, 20th century music and beyond. During his five-decade career as trumpeter, bandleader and composer, he was a prime mover and trendsetter in the evolution of jazz as an art form. Davis recorded a number of classic albums on Prestige Records between 1951 and 1961, including his debut as a bandleader, The New Sounds (1951), which also introduced Miles as composer of future bebop jazz standard “Dig”, a composition that has been recorded by numerous other jazz artists including Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp and Donald Byrd. Miles’ next album Blue Period (1953) featured “Out Of The Blue” and “Bluing”, both of which were recorded during the making of The New Sounds album and reappeared on the 1956 album Dig along with the title track itself. In 1954 came the Miles Davis Quartet album, which featured “Tune Up”, “Smooch”, “Miles Ahead” and jazz standards “Four” and “Blue Haze”. The Musings Of Miles album (1955) featured yet another Davis standard “Green Haze”. What followed in 1956 for Davis was a busy year of recordings and releases including Miles Davis And Horns, which featured the composition “Down”, and Collectors’ Items, which featured the “The Serpent’s Tooth” and “Compulsion”. It was on the 1957 album Walkin’ that one of Davis’ greatest compositions, modern jazz standard “Solar” first appeared. Covered by dozens of jazz greats including Bill Evans, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, the first two bars of “Solar” adorn Davis’ tombstone. Always an explorer of unknown musical paths, Davis the composer was a creature of innate intellect, primal instinct and improvisational perfection.

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