Everything's Beautiful

Robert Glasper,Miles Davis

Everything's Beautiful
Format
Audio
Published
27 May 2016
ISBN
0888751578128

Everything’s Beautiful

Robert Glasper,Miles Davis

The recordings of Miles Davis re-imagined by Grammy Award Winning Musician Robert Glasper with guest artists Erykah Badu, John Scofield, Phonte, Bilal, Ledisi, Stevie Wonder, Laura Mvula, Hiatus Kaiyote & others.

Everything’s Beautiful is beautifully crafted collection produced by Robert Glasper, blending a diverse group of master takes and outtakes from across the incomparable Miles Davis Columbia catalogue with an impressive lineup of contemporary artists and musicians to create original interpretations.

“I didn’t want to do just a remix record,” Glasper noted when discussing the 11-song set. “My idea was to show how Miles inspired people to make new art.” Realizing that “Miles didn’t have one audience,” Glasper recruited a legion of diverse guest artists to add to the magic of the project including familiar collaborators like R&B musicians Erykah Badu, Ledisi, Bilal and King. They are joined by British soul singer-songwriter Laura Mvula; hip-hop producer Rashad Smith; Grammy-nominated Australian neo-soul quartet Hiatus Kaiyote, rapper/singer Phonte, rapper/producer Illa J; jazz guitarist John Scofield, who was in Miles Davis’ band; and the legendary Stevie Wonder.

Everything’s Beautiful is unlike any other in Davis’ discography. From the familiar (riffs and passages within the catalog) to the obscure (samples of Miles’ in-studio instructions spoken after false starts), Glasper has built something unique but still unquestionably Miles. The cover art was created by Francine Turk and integrates elements of Miles Davis’ artwork. With the cover, Turk creates a visual that is similar to the idea of Robert Glasper taking fragments of Miles music and reinterpreting in a unique and modern way.

Track listing:

  1. Talking Shit

  2. Ghetto Walkin - Feat. Bilal

  3. They Cant Hold Me Down - Feat. Illa J

  4. Maiysha (So Long) - Feat. Erykah Badu

  5. Violets - Feat. Phonte

  6. Little Church - Feat. Hiatus Kaiyote

  7. Silence Is The Way - Feat. Laura Mvula

  8. Song For Selim - Feat. KING

  9. Milestones - Feat. Georgia Ann Muldrow

  10. Im Leaving You - Feat. John Scofield and Ledisi

  11. Right On Brotha - Feat. Stevie Wonder

 

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