Jason Miles, Jay Rodriguez and company ....

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“Kind of New”

JASON MILES & INGRID JENSEN 

“Kind of New”

@ The Blue Note, 131 W 3rd St., NY, Monday July 13, 2015

Grammy Award-winning producer/keyboardist Jason Miles and acclaimed trumpeter Ingrid Jensen celebrate their superb Whaling City Sound Records debut recording.

Jason Miles , keyboards 
Ingrid Jensen , trumpet, effects
Jay Rodriguez , saxophones 
Fima Ephron , electric bass
Mike Clark , drums

"Ingrid plays trumpet and flugelhorn with all the brilliance and fire of a true virtuoso, following the spirit of the muse as she creates. Warm,sensitive, exciting and totally honest." - Marian McPartland

“Jason Miles has raised the level of excellence for the musicians who have had the good fortune of working with him, myself included. The work he did with my friends, Miles Davis and Marcus Miller have helped to define the modern face of jazz music.” - Roberta Flack

Rave Reviews:
“Kind Of New is a superb album s uffused with the sound and spirit of Miles Davis. But this is no pastiche – producer/keyboardist Jason Miles and trumpeter Ingrid Jensen stamp their own voices on an array of melodies, harmonies and rhythms, that hit both the head and the heart. Even today, people ask: ‘I wonder what Miles would be doing now?’ We’ll never know of course, but there’s a good chance that he would be making music like this.” - George Cole, author of The Last Miles – the music of Miles Davis 1980-1991

“Jason works the Fender Rhodes and organ for maximum texture behind a piercing Jensen while a funky electric bass and power drums are joined by a range of horns and percussion support. A new chapter in fusion's evolution .”
- Marc Meyers, Jazzwax.com

“Jensen’s horn runs the gamut as Miles’ electric backdrops and the tidy band gamely shift gears and switch colors like dressers: she jaunts a self-conscious, careful runway strut on “Faction of Cool”; nails carefully scripted hits on “Super City”; and gets comfy in the blues-drenched vernacular of “Shirley” (for singer Horn).” - Fred Bouchard - The New York City Jazz Record

“The album title is a play on Miles Davis‘ immortal Kind of Blue, but it’s not hubris for this team to reference the master; Jason Miles was Davis’ keyboard player for several years. This delightful disc features Ingrid Jensen on trumpet, and while the tracks occasionally evoke memories of Davis’ Jack Johnson period, the groove and melodies are rooted in a more accessible foundation. Mellow but never, ever falling into the tepid “smooth jazz” trap, K ind of New works equally as well as rewarding subject of active listening as it would for groovy background music for your next cocktail party.” - Musoscribe

“Miles Davis fusing elements of rock and funk into his music was nothing short of revolutionary and people still get into heated debates over the quality of the music that Davis released during this period. But just as people overlook Maggot Brain when discussing P-Funk, this free flowing brand of jazz/funk/rock fusion sometimes gets excised from the contemporary jazz canon. So the conscious effort that Jason Miles and Ingrid Jensen make to rehabilitate it on K ind of New is definitely welcome. Solidly Recommended .” - Howard Dukes, Soul Tracks

“Miles and Jensen hit it far out of the park” - Chris Spector, Midwest Record Review

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Keyboardist extraordinaire Jason Miles ....

Blue Note Jazz Festival Presents

"Sly Reimagined" with Global Noize feat. Jason Miles, Nona Hendryx, Maya Azucena, Falu & Cyro Baptista

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Keyboardist extraordinaire Jason Miles, who has worked with everyone from Miles Davis and Luther Vandross to Ivan Lins and Roberta Flack, created  Global Noize as a free-wheeling collective, to create music that takes listeners on a wide-ranging journey. Over the course of several albums, guests have included  Me'shell Ndegeocello, Billy Martin (Medeski, Marin & Wood), Vernon Reid (Living Color), John Popper (Blues Traveler), Bernie Worrell (Talking Heads, Parliament-Funkadelic) and Karl Denson.

The acclaimed new album, Sly Reimagined, features Sly & The Family Stone's material reimagined by Jason Miles, with legendary singers Roberta Flack and Nona Hendryx, as well as Maya Azucena and Falu, and backed by a killer rhythm section​ that includes original Family Stone​ drummer Greg Errico, as well as​ horns and turntables. Concerts have been off the hook, prompting Bob Davis of Soul Patrol to call it, "one of the best concert experiences I have ever had. In fact it was so good I didn't want it to end."

Global Noize, which has been described as a hip and eclectic musical journey crossing all boundaries, is an organic, free-spirited sonic brew of some of the best elements of jazz, funk, electronica and world fusion – it's music without borders. Miles concludes "When I hear music I love I want to be involved with it. It would be boring for me to stay in one place musically so I love to explore different music. I know Miles Davis felt that way and I'm just trying to keep the grooves hot, the melodies great and collaborate with the best artists I know. Hopefully we can bring Global Noize to the world and show people ​our musical vision."

- See more at: http://highlineballroom.com/show/2014/06/08/sly-reimagined-with-global-noize-feat-jason-miles-nona-hendryx-maya-azucena-falu-cyro-baptista/#sthash.BI81EyIp.dpuf

Jason Miles ~ To Miles ~ Live At The Falcon

Jason Miles keyboards/synthesizer,
Ingrid Jensen trumpet,
Jay Rodriguez sax,
Amanda Ruzza bass,
Clarence Penn drums
~ Recorded Live At The Falcon on 8-25-2012 by Betty Gennarelli

Jason Miles have been making music for many years....

Words from Jason Miles....

I've been through generations of changes in music and technology and I have been fortunate to work with and learn from some of the greatest artists of our times Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Sting, David Sanborn, Gato Barbieri, Chaka Khan, Derek Trucks are just a few of the greats I've made music with.I produce,arrange,compose and play keys and synths. I've been working with synthsizers since they first cam on the music scene back in the 70's.

You can check out my website http://www.jasonmilesmusic.com/  to hear more music and see more about my productions and visit the gallery. I am now offereing production services for artists that feel that want to be taken a notch up in their productions.This includes arranging,playing and worldclass mixing.I also have access to all kinds of worldclass musicians.It also includes consultation as well as the business is rapidly changing.I can email you or send a CD of some of my work. You can contact me through messaging on this site. We need music to be on a high level of musicality if quality music will survive in the future. I can help you get there.

Influences
All different kinds of music influences me.If it feels good and has a great melody-I'm down. Miles Davis, Stax, Motown, and great Brazilian music have had an effect on me. I love Ivan Lins. One of The great composers of our time. I really dig chill electronic music as well-I love when there is a world beat added to it.


The Music of Marvin Gaye and Motown in Detroit

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