Miles Electric Band Feat. Ravi Coltrane Signed for Tbilisi Jazz Fest

The leadership of this year’s Tbilisi Jazz Festival has announced Ravi Coltrane and Miles Electric Band as the main artists performing at the internationally acclaimed festival.

Miles Electric Band is composed of award-winning singers and musicians and has heavily impacted the US West Coast Jazz scene over the last decades. Numerous prizes have been awarded to band members, such as Vince Wilburn who received a Grammy for his album “AURA” in the late 80s. Currently, 10 musicians make up the band, which often tries to reinvent itself by changing their member composition.

“Also filling essential roles in the cast are bassist Darryl Jones, recognized for his recordings with Sting and decades-long tour duty on bass for the Rolling Stones, percussionist Mino Cinelu whose music score was recognized at the Cannes Film Festival, Antoine Roney on saxophone who has toured the world with jazz veterans Freddie Hubbard and Elvin Jones, rounded out by the electronic flourishes of hip-hop turntablist DJ Logic,” the festival announcement notes.

Ravi Coltrane will join the band on stage to perform a mix encompassing Jazz tunes from across America. Born on the other side of America, the New York jazz saxophonist is best categorized by his echoing sounds of the post-bop movement of freestyle and creative interpretation. He was strongly influenced by his parents, being born to saxophonist John Coltrane and jazz pianist Alice Coltrane.

The Black Sea Jazz Festival in Batumi first welcomed the band in 2016, seeing them leave the audience in awe for their performance.

The usual autumn setting of the Festival is altered for the first time and will see jazz rhythms out in spring. The start of the festival at the end of April coincides with the International Jazz Day on April 30, and is the day Miles Electric Band and Ravi Coltrane will perform.

Before their act on April 30 at the Tbilisi Concert Hall, The Bad Plus is to mesmerize guests on April 28, before Naturally7 takes over the Tbilisi Event Hall on April 29.

By Benjamin Music

Photo: tbilisijazz.com 

Performances:

April 28 – THE BAD PLUS – Tbilisi Event Hall

April 29 – NATURALLY7 – Tbilisi Event Hall

April 30 – Miles Electric Band and Ravi Coltrane – Tbilisi Concert Hall

Tickets - http://tbilisijazz.com/