Featuring Ravi Coltrane, Etienne Charles and Veronica Swift with Shelly Berg and the Frost School of Music's Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and its resident conductor, Scott Flavin
Due to injury, Ambrose Akinmusire will be unable to perform at Kind of Blue: Celebrating the Music of Miles Davis. Etienne Charles will perform in his place. We wish Ambrose a speedy recovery.
Born in 1926, Davis was among the greatest innovators in jazz. This centennial concert celebrates his unparalleled musical legacy, which includes the albums Sketches of Spain, Tutu, Birth of the Cool and Kind of Blue. Trumpeter Etienne Charles and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Ravi Coltrane will pay tribute to the magical pairing of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, alongside vocalist Veronica Swift and the Frost School of Music’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra.
"Trumpeter Miles Davis was the quintessence of cool. A musical icon as well as a cultural one…” Read more at ArtBurst.com.
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