Miles Davis Centenary

Live at the BBC Proms: Miho Hazama and the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire in a tribute to the jazz legend in his centenary year.

Presented by Kevin Le Gendre, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Gershwin, arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama: Porgy and Bess – ‘Bess, you is my woman now’; ‘Gone, gone, gone’; ‘Summertime’; ‘I wants to stay here' (I loves you, Porgy)
Gil Evans: Little Variations on Boplicity
Bill Evans & Miles Davis, arr Miho Hazama: Blue in Green
de Falla. arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama: El amor brujo medley – Dance of Terror; Song of the Will-o’-the-Wisp; Ritual Fire Dance

Interval: George Cole, author of The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis 1980-1991, joins Kevin Le Gendre live at the Royal Albert Hall to talk about the life and career of Miles Davis.

Weill. arr. Gil Evans, orch. Miho Hazama; My Ship
Miles Davis/Gil Evans, orch, Miho Hazama: Miles Ahead
Eddie Barclay: Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas)
Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley: Henya
Rodrigo, arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama; En Aranjuez con tu amor (after the Adagio of ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’)

Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet)
Taylor Eigsti (piano)
Harish Raghavan (bass)
Kendrick Scott (drums)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Miho Hazama (conductor)

The Proms marks Miles Davis’s centenary with a concert combining his influences – works by Rodrigo and Gershwin – with his own hits. Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama for a celebration of a jazz legend.