Miles Davis' score for 'Elevator to the Gallows'

Miles Davis' score for 'Elevator to the Gallows'

However innovative the visual style of Elevators turned out, it is Miles Davis' breathtaking trumpet score that elevates the film to a mid-century classic. Davis' presence in French society happened to coincide with the height of his artistic genius, catalyzing the evolution of jazz, film, and the boundaries of artistic expression. Jazz had been part of cinema since the late 1920s but Davis' work on Elevators enshrined a moment of musical evolut…

TVD Radar: Miles Davis, <em>Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings</em> 3LP, 2CD in stores 8/22 - The Vinyl District

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Craft Recordings is proud to announce Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings, a 16-track retrospective spotlighting a series of landmark 1955 sessions recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s storied Hackensack, NJ studio for Prestige Records. Featuring selections from Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet, Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet, and The Musings […]