Miles Davis's Nephew Vince Wilburn Jr. On 'Merci Miles! Live At Vienne From July 1,1991

Maggie speaks with Vince Wilburn, Jr.  the nephew of the late, great jazz icon Miles Davis and oversees the Miles Davis estate along with Erin and Cheryl Davis (the son and daughter of Miles).  Vince is, most notably, a highly accomplished drummer, producer, bandleader and radio host, who has both toured and recorded with Miles on recordings and live performances MILES DAVIS: MERCI MILES! LIVE AT VIENNEPreviously Unreleased Recording Featuring One Of The Jazz Legend’s Final Live Performances Miles Davis performed with the Miles Davis Group on July 1, 1991, at the Jazz à Vienne festival in France. Sadly, it was one of his last concerts before passing away on September 28 of that year. This previously unreleased concert will make its debut this summer during Rhino Records’ upcoming Black Music Month celebration.Davis’ electrifying performance at Jazz à Vienne includes two songs that were written by Prince, with whom he had a mutual admiration and friendship. The collection features liner notes by music historian, journalist, and producer Ashley Kahn, along with art designed by Bruno Tilley. By 1991, the world’s most celebrated trumpeter could look back on five decades of musical evolution – his own and that of the world around him. Davis had found ways to marry jazz with classical ideas, then later R&B, rock, and funk, to produce hybrid offspring that shaped the course of popular music and had come to define his legend. In 1985, he’d left Columbia after 30 years to sign to Warner Bros. Records (now Warner Records), a label riding high with best-selling artists like Madonna, Van Halen, and Prince.Miles Davis’s lifelong love for France is well-documented, and in July 1991, he became a Knight of its Legion of Honour. Davis accepted the award from French culture minister Jack Lang, who described him as: “The Picasso of Jazz.” A few days before, he played the exhilarating concert captured on MERCI MILES! at Jazz à Vienne with the Miles Davis Group. Source: https://www.milesdavis.com/albums/merci-miles-live-at-vienne/Source: https://www.milesdavis.comThis episode is from an archive from the KPFK program Profiles adapted for podcast. Host Maggie LePique, a radio veteran since the 1980's at NPR in Kansas City Mo. She began her radio career in Los Angeles in the early 1990's and has worked for Pacifica station KPFK Radio in Los Angeles since 1994. Send us Fan MailSupport the show@profileswithmaggielepique@maggielepique