THE MILES DAVIS EXPERIENCE: 1949-1959 TOUR, A CELEBRATION OF JAZZ
ICON’S LEGENDARY MUSIC
Miles Davis. The name alone has become synonymous with jazz music and its place in
popular culture, notably the prolific years of 1949-1959, starting with Birth of the Cool. To
commemorate these momentous years in jazz and Davis’ career, CAMI Music has joined
forces with Miles Davis Properties, LLC and Blue Note Records for an innovative music
and historical production, The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959.
Through the lens of jazz music and one of its most iconic innovators, The Miles Davis
Experience: 1949-1959 will recapture this critical period of American history through a
historical and cultural context. Led by Blue Note Records artist and trumpeter, Ambrose
Akinmusire, the immersive performance will follow Miles’ musical development in
linear chronology, telling of the challenges and optimism in post-war America, civil
rights struggle, historical milestones and the creative cauldron of new music that Miles
pioneered and nurtured.
“Miles Davis played a crucial and inevitably controversial role in every major
development in jazz since the mid-’40s, and no other jazz musician has had so profound
an effect on rock. Miles Davis was the most widely recognized jazz musician of his era,
an outspoken social critic and an arbiter of style—in attitude and fashion—as well as
music.”-- The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll
From Birth of the Cool to 1959’s enormously influential masterpiece Kind of Blue, Miles
secured his legendary status in music history. Kind of Blue stands as the best selling jazz
album of all time with over 4 million copies sold and in December 2009 the US House of
Representatives recognized Miles’ musical influence, passing a resolution honoring the
album as a national treasure.
More than just a musical performance, the show will feature iconic era images brought
together by beat poet-style narrator and actor, Donald Lacy. Akinmusire will be joined
by the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet, featuring Walter Smith III (tenor sax), Sam Harris
(piano), Harish Raghavan (bass) and Justin Brown (drums.) The US tour will run from
September 28-November 20, 2011. These special performances will reintroduce Miles to
fans and give a new generation of music lovers a more complete understanding of jazz
and Miles’ influence on today’s popular music.
MILES DAVIS EXPERIENCE: 1949-1959 TOUR DATES
September 28
September 30
October 1
October 2
October 4
Englert Theatre
Yardley Hall - Carlsen Center
Tryon Festival Theatre
Mcaninch Arts Center /College Of Du Page
Stem Concert Hall
Iowa City, IA
Overland Park,KS
Urbana, IL
Glen Ellyn, IL
New Albany, IN
October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9
October 11
October 14
October 16
October 17
October 18
October 19
October 20
October 21
October 23
October 25
October 26
October 27
October 28
October 29
October 30
November 1
November 3
November 4
November 5
November 6
November 8
November 10
November 11
November 12
November 13
November 15
November 16
November 17
November 18
November 19
November 20
Templeton - Blackburn Alumni Memorial Aud.
Athen, OH
Midland Theatre
Newark, OH
Emens Auditorium
Muncie, IN
Kuttemperoor Auditorium
Brookfield, WI
Stephens Auditorium
Ames, IA
Capitol Theater
Madison, WI
Mesa Arts Center Repertory Theater
Mesa, AZ
Poway Center For The Performing Arts
Poway, CA
Centennial Hall – Tucson
Tucson, AZ
Folsom Lake College Performing Arts Center Theater Folsom, CA
Uptown Theatre
Napa, CAA
Lancaster Performing Arts Center
Lancaster, CA
Samueli Theater
Costa Mesa, CA
Valley Performing Arts Center - Great Hall
Northridge, CA
Sunset Theatre
Carmel, CA
Craterian Theater
Medford, OR
Tower Theatre
Bend, OR
Washington Center For The Performing Arts
Olympia, WA
Mount Baker Theatre
Bellingham, WA
Columbia Theater
Longview, WA
Bass Concert Hall - University Of Texas At Austin Austin, TX
Miller Outdoor Theatre
Houston, TX
Hammerson Hall
Mississauga, ON
Community Theatre
Morristown, NJ
Strand Theatre
York, PA
American Theatre
Hampton, VA
Grand Opera House
Wilmington, DE
Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts
Fairfield, CT
Pollak Theatre
West Long Brach,NJ
Center For The Arts Concert Hall
Fairfax, VA
Western Carolina University Pac - Concert Hall
Cullowhee, NC
MSU Riley Center Grand Opera House
Meridian, MS
Hodgson Hall - University Of Georgia
Athens, GA
Curtis M. Phillips Performing Arts Center
Gainesville, FL
Ferguson Hall
Tampa, FL
Lyric Theatre
Stuart, FL
For more information, to request press tickets or to set up an interview, please contact:
Pam Lipshitz | Lip Service Media | pam@lipservicemedia.com |
917-859-6852
For photos and other assets, please visit: http://www.camimusic.com/details.asp?webid=2158
Bios for Ambrose Akinmusire and Donald Lacy are available.