Tim Sayer, Trumpet & electronics
Ric White, multiple saxophones & electronics
Sam Richards, piano & synth
Glyn Jackson, electric keyboards
Rachel Miller, alto & bass flutes
David Curtis, double bass
Steve Day, percussion

Miles Davis was born in May 1926. This concert celebrates this centenary by taking as its inspiration one of his most influential albums In A Silent Way, recorded in New York on one day, 18 February 1969.

First Set
Jean-Pierre (Miles Davis)
Shhh/Ceasefire (Sam Richards)
For Shorter & Williams (Occasional Collective)
Interval
Second Set
In A Silent Way/It’s About Time (extended) (Joe Zawinul/Miles Davis)

Richard Cook & Brian Morton:
In A Silent Way contains “timeless masterpieces…you might listen to these tracks…and only wonder how the miracle was achieved.”

Michael Cuscuna on Miles Davis & In A Silent Way:
The music he created during this short time was rich and fully formed. Heard in context, it is an impressive body of work and its influence is still felt today in a variety of genres.

Dave Holland, who played double bass on In A Silent Way:
“That is what this music is about… not just one musician having a single idea and having everybody do it, pulling the strings. It’s about taking a group and thinking about what its strengths are what its direction and tendencies are, and using that. You don’t try to change the course of the river. You just try and go with the flow of it and use that flow in a way that will carry the music along…. a collective consciousness.”

Richard Olivetti on the Occasional Collective:
“There is no time for coasting here as there is always somebody waiting, preparing a spark that will catch fire. The Occasionals are a sublime example of…players working together…keeping the listener intrigued. Perfectly weighted; a spellbinding masterclass.”

More about The Occasional Collective here o5here.co.uk
Listen here on bandcamp an excerpt from their Recording Rites recorded here in Ashburton Arts Centre.



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