Miles Davis called him a "Genius" – Resident Podcast Interview with Jason Miles – Ep.21 – 29-04-26

Our guest today is Jason Miles, American jazz keyboardist, composer, and record producer, now resident in Portugal.He notably worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, bassist Marcus Miller, and singer Luther Vandross, as well as maintaining a successful solo career. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, he found himself centre-stage when jazz fusion was becoming popular in the 1970s, creating innovative techniques in synthesizer programming and electronic music.During the 1980s he was a session musician who worked with Davis, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, David Sanborn and Luther Vandross.During the 1990s, he played keyboards on I'm Your Baby Tonight by Whitney Houston, The Power of Love by Luther Vandross, and HIStory by Michael Jackson.He wrote music for the animated film 'The Snow Queen and People: A Musical Celebration of Diversity' on the Disney Channel. He and his wife Kathy Byalick composed 'Visionary Path', a New Age album with narration by Diana Krall, Roberta Flack and F. Murray Abraham.In 2000, Miles released The Music of Weather Report, the first of several tribute albums. During the next year he won a Grammy Award for producing 'A Love Affair: The Music of Ivan Lins' with appearances by Sting and Brenda Russell. His next solo album 'To Grover, with Love', was a tribute to Grover Washington Jr. that was nominated for Record of the Year by the National Smooth Jazz Awards. His upcoming tribute to Miles Davis - '100 Miles' - who would have been 100 this year, is discussed here with Carl, as well as the lives shows that Jason is performing around Lisbon and Cascais, where he plays and talks about his illustrious musical career.More here – www.jasonmilesmusic.com (apoiado pelos #FundosEuropeus, no âmbito do Programa Regional #ALGARVE2030)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-resident-podcast--6801411/support.www.portugalresident.com