Tuesday, May 10, 2016

I'm Leaving You

I thought it might be exciting to write about a song that was actually released this year for once, and just the other day I found Robert Glasper's new song I'm Leaving You (2016!!).  I found the song on a Spotify, what first caught my eye was that Miles Davis is credited as an artist on the song. Given he has sadly been dead since 1991 I thought it was a strange pairing. And when you listen to the song, it's not immediately obvious what Davis has actually contributed to it:
However, the funky cool vibe made me do a little more digging. The album the song comes from, Everything's Beautiful, is a tribute to Miles Davis put together by Glasper, with help from various musicians. I'm Leaving You features John Scofield on guitar for instance, and his playing is especially tasty around the 2:00 mark. A short while later, from 2:15 - 2:30, the collage of vocals start to take on Davis' signature muted trumpet sound. Oh, and in case you were wondering, that is Miles Davis himself saying 'wait a minute' sampled in the intro.

Everything's Beautiful will be released the 27th of May on Sony Records.

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