The sixth Miles Davis Bootleg Series from Columbia/Legacy has been announced. The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 is set to be out March 23rd. It will feature both Davis and John Coltrane and compiles five shows from the Spring 1960 Jazz At The Philharmonic European Tour in a 4xCD set. The tour was the last with Coltrane as Davis’ sideman. The concerts on the release were in Paris, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. Along with the CD set and complete digital release, vinyl of each of shows will be released as well. The Final Tour: Copenhagen, March 24, 1960 will be released through Columbia/Legacy while Vinyl Me, Please will put out The Final Tour: Paris, March 21, 1960.
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Erykah Badu and Robert Glasper rework Miles Davis’ “Maiysha”
With the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead and its soundtrack, Jazz pianist Robert Glasper has been reworking parts of Miles Davis’ studio recordings for a Davis tribute album named Everything’s Beautiful. One recording is a remix of “Maiysha” featuring Erykah Badu. “I think Miles would’ve loved Erykah,” Glasper told Rolling Stone. The song, from Davis’ 1974 album Get Up With It, has been reworked into a bossa nova track. Everything’s Beautiful is out May 27.
The Melodic Tree 