Samples of various Davis performances are used in this music, which was recorded in 2019. "Hail to the
Real Chief" is included in the soundtrack to Stanley Nelson's film Miles Davis: The Birth of the Cool.
The date(s) and location(s) of the sampled performances are unknown, but they sound like the mid-1980s.
The New York location for the 2019 recording is a guess.
The soundtrack includes "music from and inspired by Birth of the Cool." In between the commercial
recordings, people associated with Davis in one way way or another -- George Wein, Frances Taylor Davis,
Gil Evans, Jimmy Cobb, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller, Erin Davis, Carlos Santana,
Quincy Troupe, Jack Chambers, Greg Tate, Ashley Kahn, and Vincent Bessières -- discuss Davis,
his music, and his impact on jazz and culture.
Carter (b), D.J. Arkiteck (scratches), and Blu (voc) are heard only on "Bitches Are Back."
Thanks to Reinhold Schuttkowski for help with this session.
Details of this recording, and all others from 1980-1991, were kindly provided by Jan Lohmann.
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