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Miles Davis Bootleg 2: The Lost Quintet

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"Man, I wish this band had been recorded live because it was really a bad motherfucker," said Miles Davis, legendary trumpeter and bandleader, who managed to shift the course of music several times throughout his career. He was describing his “Lost Quintet" of 1969-70: Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. In fact, the group was recorded – and the proof of their collective magic is now available. Consider and celebrate the lineup that reflected the fever pitch of the era, and predicted the future of improvised music.

Presenters

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MODERATOR Ashley Kahn Author/Producer

Ashley Kahn is an author, educator, music journalist, and concert producer. A professor of music history and criticism at New York University who lectures at other institutions as well, his books include A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album, Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. Kahn’s writing has generated two Grammy nominations, three ASCAP/Deems Taylor Awards, and two Book of the Year distinctions from the Jazz Journalists Association.

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Nell Mulderry Owner Boss Sounds

"There is a unifying attribute among our artists," says Nell Mulderry, owner of New York-based management and marketing company Boss Sounds, "they possess talent that cannot be denied." Mulderry is the Miles Davis maven when it comes to Sony/Legacy's output, providing the engine behind all the trumpeter's recent posthumous releases including the celebrated Bootleg Series, and earning awards for her Kind of Blue 50th Anniversary package, topping out with a Grammy and Mojo's Catalogue Release of the Year.

That desire to work with career artists who take risks is borne out in the Boss Sounds roster, whether it's getting behind the worldwide release of Miles alum and bass player Ron Carter's Great Big Band project, or managing Austin native Suzanna Choffel, an emerging talent Rolling Stone called "a woman who knows her own voice," drawing comparisons to Stevie Nicks and Emmylou Harris. And it is no coincidence that when Sting recast his original material in symphonic arrangements with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boss Sounds was brought on to publicize the event on an international scale.

Mulderry was head of market development at Blue Note Records when she conceived the 'I Heard It on NPR' CD series — compilations slotting major label artists like Norah Jones and Patti Smith alongside lesser known indies like Gillian Welch and Tinariwen — selling serious enough numbers to parlay that success into her own company eight years ago. "Whether it's working with a developing artist or established talent, our goal is to recognize that signature voice, to magnify what artists do and emphasize what will translate universally."

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Meghan Stabile CEO/Founder Revive Music Group

Meghan Stabile is one of the greatest visionaries and music trailblazers of our generation. An alumnus of Berklee College of Music, Stabile began producing a series of events under the pseudonym of Revive Da Live, marrying the essence of improvisation and the authentic expression of both jazz and hip-hop music in completely new ways as well as featuring some of the greatest musicians alive including Roy Ayers, Pete Rock, the Robert Glasper Experiment, DJ Premier, Esperanza Spalding, Roy Hargrove, Stefon Harris, Questlove, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and countless more as the list continues to grow.

Stabile currently resides as the President and CEO of Revive Music Group in addition to her role as Creative & Brand Consultant to a number of music labels and organizations, and continues to work to help grow the jazz scene by fostering the business of both historic and up-and-coming spots like Blue Note Records, Smalls Jazz Club, DROM, and Zinc Bar, to name only a few.

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Imani Artist The Pharcyde

In the early 90’s, when gangsta’ rap consumed the airwaves, and the majority of West Coast rappers strapped on their Locs, Chuck Taylor’s & Ben Davis’, The Pharcyde decidedly maintained a willfully weird vision. Opting to stay true to themselves with their left field but still South-Central sensibility, rap had seen few groups so self-deprecating and so smart, four visionary rappers adroitly able to split the difference between helium-voiced and hard-core.

Listening to “Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde” two full decades after its release, its sense of timeliness is unmistakable. Every song on the album inverts a hoary hip-hop cliché. With classics like “Oh Shit,” “Otha Fish”, “Ya’ Mama,” and hit single, “Passing Me By,” it is not surprising that it shipped over a million units, garnered comparisons to De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest, and everyone from Pitchfork Media to The Source has hailed it as one of the greatest albums ever made.

Speaking on the passage of time, their second release “LabCabInCalifornia” has revealed exactly how far-reaching The Pharcyde’s vision was. From enlisting a young and then unknown James Yancey aka J DILLA to produce beats, the classic “Runnin” to collaborating with director Spike Jonze (“Being John Malkovich” “Adaptation”) on the video for “Drop,” it has consistently reinforced their steadfast refusal to tread familiar artistic grounds.

Today, The Pharcyde is still performing and touring the globe recently on their TransCyde Express Tour. They continue to hone their individual abilities yet carry on the name & legacy in its original fashion. They still seduce their audience with the same boyish charm that founded them at the beginning. Now, it’s combined with the knowledge that has been bestowed upon them as men who have taken on, and rose to the challenge of the rap game. The end result of all this hard work is a band that’s still influencing the hip hop artists and sounds crowding our radio waves today and will continue to for many years to come.

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Vincent Wilburn Jr CEO Mileslike Inc Productions

Vince Wilburn, Jr. is on these panels:

Thursday, March 14 from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. #15
Miles Davis Booteg 2: The Lost Quintet

Saturday, March 16 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Creative Ideas To Maximize Merch Sales

BIO:

Vince Wilburn, Jr., nephew of late jazz icon Miles Davis, oversees Miles Davis Properties, LLC, along with Erin Davis (son of Miles) and Cheryl Davis (daughter of Miles). Wilburn, Jr. is a highly accomplished drummer and producer, who has both toured and recorded with Miles on many legendary recordings from 1984 through 1987, including: The GRAMMY-Award winning album "AURA" -- which he co-produced; "Decoy" - which he also co-produced; "You’re Under Arrest", and the 2008 GRAMMY nominated "Miles From India" – which hit #8 on the Billboard jazz charts. Wilburn, Jr. also toured internationally with the All-Star “Miles From India” ensemble to sell-out crowds.

More recently, Wilburn, Jr. performed with the Miles Electric Band at a sold-out Hollywood Bowl event in June 2012, to celebrate the launch of the USPS and La Post (France) issued Miles Davis/Edith Piaf Forever stamps. The stamp has sold more than 23 million units to date, and is by far the top selling celebrity stamp of 2012.

Wilburn, Jr. is a key participant on industry panels taking place at the GRAMMY Museum, SXSW and CMJ, in addition to partnering with Apple for their “Meet The Musicians” series at Apple SoHo. He recently co-hosted Miles Davis House at SXSW with Erin Davis, featuring the widest cross genre of emerging buzzbands hitting Austin.

In 1989, he founded Nefdrum Productions and has been busy with numerous projects, featuring all-star performances by music icons Billy Preston, Ray Parker, Jr., Darryl Jones, Charley Drayton, Ivan Neville, Wah Wah Watson, Freddie Washington, Randy Hall and Phil Upchurch among others.
He is currently assembling a full length hip-hop, remix tribute to honor the classic recordings of Miles Davis. This was influenced by the great success of a re-mix EP that he co-produced with Nas and Santana called “Evolution of the Groove.” He serves as Executive Producer of the forthcoming Miles Davis motion picture starring Don Cheadle, which will be directed by Antoine Fuqua, and Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter will score the film. Wilburn, Jr. is also an active member of NARAS,

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Bootie Brown Artist The Pharcyde

In the early 90’s, when gangsta’ rap consumed the airwaves, and the majority of West Coast rappers strapped on their Locs, Chuck Taylor’s & Ben Davis’, The Pharcyde decidedly maintained a willfully weird vision. Opting to stay true to themselves with their left field but still South-Central sensibility, rap had seen few groups so self-deprecating and so smart, four visionary rappers adroitly able to split the difference between helium-voiced and hard-core.

Listening to “Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde” two full decades after its release, its sense of timeliness is unmistakable. Every song on the album inverts a hoary hip-hop cliché. With classics like “Oh Shit,” “Otha Fish”, “Ya’ Mama,” and hit single, “Passing Me By,” it is not surprising that it shipped over a million units, garnered comparisons to De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest, and everyone from Pitchfork Media to The Source has hailed it as one of the greatest albums ever made.

Speaking on the passage of time, their second release “LabCabInCalifornia” has revealed exactly how far-reaching The Pharcyde’s vision was. From enlisting a young and then unknown James Yancey aka J DILLA to produce beats, the classic “Runnin” to collaborating with director Spike Jonze (“Being John Malkovich” “Adaptation”) on the video for “Drop,” it has consistently reinforced their steadfast refusal to tread familiar artistic grounds.

Today, The Pharcyde is still performing and touring the globe recently on their TransCyde Express Tour. They continue to hone their individual abilities yet carry on the name & legacy in its original fashion. They still seduce their audience with the same boyish charm that founded them at the beginning. Now, it’s combined with the knowledge that has been bestowed upon them as men who have taken on, and rose to the challenge of the rap game. The end result of all this hard work is a band that’s still influencing the hip hop artists and sounds crowding our radio waves today and will continue to for many years to come.