Jason Miles

Keyboardist, composer and producer from the United States, Jason Miles presents a tribute to Miles Davis at the Teatro Fernán Gómez with an electric line-up centred on funk and fusion.

Jason Miles, born in Brooklyn, began by mixing jazz, rhythm and blues and electronic music. His work on keyboards and synthesisers in fusion led him to work as a producer for almost five decades alongside Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. He also worked in the studio with Miles Davis and took part in the creation of the album Tutu.

In this concert, Miles pays tribute to Davis on the centenary of his birth with the show 100 Miles for Miles Davis. It is a live tribute that does not seek to reproduce the original versions: it takes the trumpeter's classic tunes and updates them with a modern rhythm section, contemporary arrangements and space for collective improvisation. The proposal continues the line of Miles to Miles, his previous album dedicated to Davis.

Leading the band, Miles plays keyboards and directs the group, alongside Randy Brecker on trumpet, Ada Rovatti on saxophone, Gene Lake on drums and Federico Malaman on bass. The repertoire combines funk rhythms with improvised jazz passages, in an electric, fusion-oriented approach.