What do Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Sting, Roberta Flack, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, George Benson, Michael Jackson, David Sanborn, Vanessa Williams and hundreds of other legendary artists and musicians have in common?
They have all worked with Grammy Award winning producer, keyboardist, composer, arranger and synthesist Jason Miles. For 46 years, Miles has contributed his vast array of talents and deep musicality to the success of these and countless other superstars and independent artists.
From his groundbreaking work on Miles Davis’ Grammy winning 1986 Album “TuTu”and eight albums with Luther Vandross (including his Grammy winning hits “Here and Now” and “Power of Love/Love Power”) to his Grammy win for producing Sting (who won Best Male Pop Vocal in 2000 for “She Walks This Earth” from the highly celebrated all-star album ”A Love Affair,The Music of Ivan Lins” ) Jason has been a powerful creative force behind some of music’s most extraordinary moments.
Jason now celebrates his multi-faceted career with a one man show entitled, “The Extraordinary Journey of Jason Miles: A Musical Biography.” The retrospective is built around a solo musical performance of Jason playing keyboards, enhanced with one of a kind, in the moment first hand stories and colorful anecdotes of the professional and personal relationships he had and continues to have with many music legends.
In this episode, Jason discusses his varied experiences and takes us behind the scenes of these stellar studio sessions!
Show Notes
00:00 - Show Open & Intro
03:00 – The Extraordinary Journey Book
05:50 – How Did You Get Involved in Synth Programming?
12:14 – Lenny White
15:17 – Miles Davis
17:01 – Luther Vandross
18:30 – Luther Almost Fired Jason
20:44 - Labels & Trickle Down
22:13 - The Hollywood Bowl & CD Sales
26:27 - International Legacy
33:09 - More Than Musicianship
35:09 - Marcus Miller & Preparedness
40:50 - Kathy Miles
45:28 - Longevity
48:09 - Bernard Wright
52:08 - Artists You Wished You Would've Worked With
54:47 - GRP
56:54 - One Word Artist Descriptions
1:01:35 - Reciprocity
1:05:51 - One Word on Miles Davis
1:08:47 - The State of Synth Programming Today
1:10:10 - Changing
1:13:29 Show Close
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