Miles From India, Times Square, 2008

A great Miles Davis project produced and coordinated by Sony Record producer Bob Belden, who is responsible for series of Miles Davis reissues box set. The project combines Davis' music from late 60s - early 70 era (during Bitches Brew and On the Corner) with Indian instrumentation and arrangement, with many notable Miles-school alumni. Listening to album like this, this is why Jazz exists and we love it so much.


Tracklist:
Disc 1
1. Spanish Key (20:04)
(MILES DAVIS)
Gino Banks - Drums
Louiz Banks - Piano/fender rhodes
Rakesh Chaurasia - Flute (solo)
Selva Ganesh - Kanjira
Adam Holzman - Keyboards
Dave Liebman - Indian flute
Shankar Mahadevan - Vocals
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Alto sax
Sridhar Parthasarthy - Mridangam
Taufiq Quresh - Djembe/world percussion
Benny Rietveld - Bass
Wallace Roney - Trumpet
Mike Stern - Guitar
Lenny White - Drums

2. All Blues (09:22)
(MILES DAVIS)
Louiz Banks - Piano
Gary Bartz - Alto sax
Ron Carter - Bass
Ravi Chary - Sitar
Jimmy Cobb - Drums
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Alto sax
Vikku Vinayakram - Ghatam

3. Ife (fast) (08:44)
(MILES DAVIS)
Gino Banks - Drums
Pete Cosey - Guitar
Michael Henderson - Bass
Adam Holzman - Keyboards
Dave Liebman - Flute
Kala Ramnath - Violin
A. Sivamani - Percussion
Vikku Vinayakram - Ghatam

4. In A Silent Way (intro) (02:34)
(JOE ZAWINUL)
Adam Holzman - Keyboards
Robert Irving III - Keyboards
Pandit Brij Narain - Sarod

5. It's About That Time (10:12)
(MILES DAVIS)
Gary Bartz - Alto sax
Ndugu Chancler - Drums
Pete Cosey - Guitar
Michael Henderson - Bass
Adam Holzman - Keyboards
Robert Irving III - B3 organ
Kala Ramnath - Violin

6. Jean Pierre (11:05)
(MILES DAVIS)
Ranjit Barot - Drums
Rakesh Chaurasia - Flute
Adam Holzman - Keyboards
Robert Irving III - Keyboards
Benny Rietveld - Bass
Mike Stern - Guitar
Vince Wilburn Jr. - Drums

Disc 2
1. So What (08:16)
(MILES DAVIS)
Louiz Banks - Keyboards
Ron Carter - Bass
Ndugu Chancler - Drums
Chick Corea - Piano
Selva Ganesh - Khanjira /voice percussion
Sridhar Parthasarthy - Mridangam/voice percussion
Taufiq Qureshi - World percussion/voice percussion

2. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (09:05)
(MILES DAVIS)
Pete Cosey - Guitar
Michael Henderson - Bass
Adam Holzman - Keyboards
Wallace Roney - Trumpet
A. Sivamani - Percussion
Vikku Vinayakram - Ghatam
Lenny White - Drums

3. Blue In Green (13:13)
(MILES DAVIS)
Louiz Banks - Piano
Ron Carter - Bass
Jimmy Cobb - Drums
Dilshad Khan - Sarangi
Shankar Mahadevan - Vocals
Wallace Roney - Trumpet
Mike Stern - Guitar

4. Great Expectations (08:39)
(MILES DAVIS/JOE ZAWINUL)
Ravi Chary - Sitar
Pete Cosey - Guitar
Michael Henderson - Bass
Adam Holzman - Keyboards
Marcus Miller - Bass clarinet
Taufiq Qureshi - Percussion
Wallace Roney - Trumpet
Vince Wilburn - Drums
Vikku Vinayakram - Ghatam

5. Ife (slow) (14:22)
(MILES DAVIS)
Gary Bartz - Soprano sax
Pete Cosey - Guitar
Michael Henderson - Bass
Adam Holzman - Keyboards
Dave Liebman - Tenor sax
Wallace Roney - Trumpet
Badal Roy - Tabla

6. Miles From India (07:06)
(JOHN MCLAUGHLIN)
Louiz Banks - Piano
Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocals
John McLaughlin - Guitar
U. Shrinivas - Mandolin

Miles From India Official Site