Vince Wilburn Jr. on Miles Davis, SFJAZZ, and the Miles Electric Band

Podcast Show NotesEpisode Title:Vince Wilburn Jr. on Miles Davis, SFJAZZ, and the Miles Electric BandIn this episode of Backstage Bay Area, Steve Roby speaks with drummer, producer, and Miles Davis estate co-manager Vince Wilburn Jr. about the final night of SFJAZZ’s Miles Davis centennial celebration and the larger vision behind the four-part series.Wilburn, who performed and recorded with his uncle during Miles Davis’s later years, reflects on how the SFJAZZ tribute came together, why the programming moved from Doo-Bop to the Gil Evans collaborations, through Kind of Blue and the acoustic years, and finally into the electric music of the Miles Electric Band.The conversation also explores what Miles demanded from musicians, how he stayed alert to new sounds and new directions, and why his music continues to speak across generations.In this episode:How the four-night SFJAZZ Miles Davis centennial tribute was conceivedWhy Vince wanted the series to reflect multiple eras of Miles’s careerWhat made the Miles Electric Band the right way to close the weekVince’s memories of Miles as a listener, bandleader, and creative forceWhy Miles’s music still feels alive, current, and unfinished in the best senseWilburn offers both a family perspective and a musician’s perspective, making this a valuable conversation for anyone interested in Miles Davis not only as a trumpet player, but as one of the great engines of modern music.