Gregory Hutchinson - Kind Of Now - The Pulse Of Miles Davis

Gregory Hutchinson — Kind Of Now — The Pulse Of Miles Davis

Celebrating the year of Miles Davis's centennial!

Celebrating the year of Miles Davis's centennial, drummer Gregory Hutchinson is releasing Kind Of Now, The Pulse of Miles Davis on Warner Music. The album features the extraordinary Ambrose Akinmusire, who is ideally suited to the task of sitting in Miles' trumpet chair. Gregory Hutchinson, hailed by Jazz Magazine as "The drummer of his generation" is adept at honoring and evoking the echoes of the drum masters who worked with Miles while they both maintain their distinct voices.

Throughout his career spanning decades Miles Davis was on the leading edge of major jazz movements including bebop, hard bop, modal, post bop, and fusion. Miles' genius as a bandleader included making personnel changes as needed to fulfill his vision. Gregory Hutchinson said "When I think about Miles Davis and the drummers that came through his bands, I'm really thinking about the evolution of the music itself. Each of those cats represented a different chapter of Miles's story — and every one of them changed how we all hear and play this music."

Gregory has assembled a stellar band to play music that represents significant segments of Miles' career. This band features Ambrose Akinmusire on trumpet, Ron Blake on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Jakob Bro on guitar, Emmanuel Michael on guitar, Gerald Clayton on piano, Joe Sanders on bass, and Gregory Hutchinson himself on drums.

Kind of Now includes music performed by Miles Davis's different ensembles, including four Miles Davis compositions, four Wayne Shorter compositions, one by Tony Williams, and three Gregory Hutchinson originals. It opens with Charlie Parker's bebop classic "Ah-Leu-Cha" which Miles had recorded with the Charlie Parker Allstars in 1948 and with his first great quintet in 1955 on ‘Round About Midnight With Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, pianist Red Garland, and John Coltrane.

Gregory Hutchinson said "This project is not about trying to recreate Miles, It's about continuing that conversation he started." So this is not a period piece, but a 21st century jazz statement that pays homage to the music while honoring the spirit of improvisation and creation.

1. Ah-Leu-Cha

2. Fran-Dance

3. Fall

4. Orbits

5. The Masters (Interlude)

6. Feio

7. Water Babies

8. Seven Steps to Heaven

9. Bitches Brew

10. Black Comedy

11. Ellehcem's Time

12. Circle in the Round

13. I'm Done

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