Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter "Tribute to Miles" in France
Jazz à Vienne 2011
Cast
Marcus Miller — Bass guitarist, bass-clarinet
Wayne Shorter — Tenor/saxophonist, Soprano/saxophonist
Herbie Hancock — Pianist, electric keyboard
Sean Jones — Trumpeter
Sean Rickman — Drummer
John Scofield — Special guest, electric guitar
Program notes
Meet a thrilling trio on the stage of the Jazz à Vienne festival : bass king Marcus Miller, saxophone titan Wayne Shorter, and pianist virtuoso Herbier Hancock gather in honor of their fellow jazz legend Miles Davis. Sean Jones and Sean Rickman (a regular of Steve Coleman's ensembles), complete the picture in a program that features the greatest works of the jazz master. A surprise guest makes an appearance to end this concert in fireworks !
Miller was a regular of Davis's band all along the eighties, his composing, playing, and producing work on Davis's Tutu album has solidified his space in the pantheon of jazz, while Shorter and Hancock both partnered the illustrious trumpeter during the sixties and seventies, featuring in his first "electric" albums...