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Wayne Shorter, Dr. Eugene B. Redmond, Eddie Fisher, Deborah Granger, and Herbie Hancock

In 2001, Miles Davis Festival was born with the help of many, including former Mayor Debra Powell. We dedicated May the month of Miles and embodied art exhibits, the play “Miles Smiles”, weekly bouillabaisse jam sessions, workshops, artist talks, poetry, and a Milestrokes golf celebration. The Missouri History Museum at Forest Park opened the first major exhibit, MILES: A Miles Davis Retrospective. It ran for nine months. Since, the exhibit has travelled and expanded to Brazil, Paris and Montreal.

St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum presented the drawings of Miles Davis: Improvisations; and Miles Davis Festival wrapped it up with a 12-hour back-to-back music extravaganza at the Casino Queen on the Mississippi River. Special guests included Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ahmad Jamal, Erika Johnson, Clark Terry, Phil Perry, Barbara Morrison, and more. Jimmy Cobb made his way to Miles Davis Festival in 2002. He was the only remaining member of the band from the world famous “Kind of Blue” LP. In 2021, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Miles Davis Festival and we recently featured a Zoom Roundtable panel with Keyon Harold (who played the Trumpet under Don Cheadle in the movie “Miles Ahead”), Vince Wilburn Jr., Ahmad Jamal, Ron Carter et al. We also featured literati MilesVillian Roundtable Panel with Quincy Troupe, editor of Miles Davis autobiography. Later, the Curators Dr. Ben Cawthra from Miles: The Retrospective and Vincent Bessières, the curator at the Musée de la Musique/Cite de la Musique who presented “We Want Miles” in 2010.

Miles Davis

Players Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ahmad Jamal, Ron Carter, Keyon Harrold, Vince Wilburn, Jimmy Cobb, Barbara Morrison, Clark Terry, Phil Perry, Eddie Fisher, Oliver Sain, Erika Johnson, Russell Gunn, Sunshine, Jazz Edge, Mardra and Reginald Thomas, and the list goes on…

The Players

Highlights from 2001-2021

 

  • Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter 2001

    Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter

  • Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter playing at Miles Davis Festival

    Herbie & Wayne

  • Jimmy Cobb

    Jimmy Cobb

  • Ahmad Jamal

    Ahmad Jamal

  • Mr. Clark Terry

    Clark Terry

  • Russell Gunn on Trumpet

    Russell Gunn

  • Barbara Morrison

    Barbara Morrison

  • Eddie Fisher and The Jazz Legends

    Eddie Fisher & The Jazz Legends

  • Oliver Saine

    Oliver Saine

  • Erika Johnson

    Erika Johnson

  • Jazz Edge

    Jazz Edge

  • Phil Perry

    Phil Perry

  • Tony Suggs

    Tony Suggs

  • Sunshine Community Performance Ensemble bless Miles Davis Festival

    Sunshine's Performance Ensemble

  • Leo Cheers and Clark Terry

    Leo Cheers and Clark Terry

  • Miles Davis' paper mâché mannequin

    Miles Davis paper mâché

  • Bob Bennett and Leo Cheers

    Bob Bennett & Leo Cheers

  • Ahmad Jamal

    Ahmad Jamal

  • Herbie Hancock

    Herbie Hancock

  • Jimmy Cobb and Vince Wilburn

    Jimmy Cobb & Vince Wilburn, Jr.

  • Vince Wilburn and Wayne Shorter

    Wayne Shorter & Vince Wilburn, Jr.

  • Eddie Fisher

    Eddie Fisher

  • Young Lions Erika Johnson, Russell Gunn, Montez Coleman...

    Erika Johnson, Russell Gunn and band

  • Young Lion Russell Gunn

    Russell Gunn

  • Russell Gunn with band

    Russell Gunn & Band

  • Barbara Morrison and Band

    Barbara Morrison & Band

  • Ahmad Jamal

    Ahmad Jamal

  • Herbie Hancock, Vince Wilburn, Jr.

    Herbie Hancock, Vince Wilburn, Jr.

  • Sunshine with African drummers inaugurates Miles Davis Festival

    Sunshine opens 2001 Festival

  • High School Assembly

    High School Assembly

  • Jason Brown conducts youth jazz band at Miles Davis family home

    Jason Brown conducts youth jazz band at Miles Davis family home.

  • Anthony Wiggins

  • Javier Stables on Trombone

    Javier Staples

  • Anthony Wiggins at BB's Jazz Blues & Soups

    Anthony Wiggins

  • Brady Lewis at BB's Jazz & Blues

    Brady Lewis

  • Adaron Jackson at BB's Jazz

    Adaron Jackson at BB's

  • Eugene Redmond at BB's Jazz

    Eugene B. Redmond at BB's

  • Ron Carter

    Ron Carter

  • Ahmad Jamal 2021

    Ahmad Jamal 2021

  • Keyon Harrold

    Keyon Harrold played Trumpet under Don Cheadle

  • Christiann at WSIE Radio

    WSIE's Christiann

  • The 20th Anniversary Music Roundtable panel

    20th Anniversary Jazz Panel

  • The 12-hour Miles Davis Festival Guests-2001

    2001 Festival brochure

  • Miles Davis Festival brochure back - Thanks to our sponsors

    Brochure back-Thank you sponsors

  • Brochure front- Artwork by C'Babi Bayoc

    Festival art by C'Babi Bayoc

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A picture is worth a thousand words, thanks to the following Photographers: Eugene B. Redmond, Darlene Roy, Tyrone Kennedy.

Literati: Darlene Roy, Quincy Troupe, Eugene B. Redmond, Michael Datcher, Lauren Parks, Reginald Petty, Jimmy Cobb, Cheryl Davis, and the list goes on…

2001 Milesville

The Man, The Music, The Milieu

Reginald Petty, Eugene B. Redmond, Quincy Troupe, Michael Datcher, and Darlene Roy

2021 MILESVILLIANs

Quincy Troupe, Reginald Petty, Eugene B. Redmond, Lauren Parks, Michael Datcher, and Darlene Roy

The Literati

2001-2021

 

  • MilesVillians Panel
  • Poet Darlene Roy

    Poet Darlene Roy

  • Miles and Quincy Troupe

    Miles & Quincy photo by Jon Stevens

  • Dr. Michael Datcher

    Dr. Michael Datcher

  • Eugene B. Redmond

    Dr. Eugene B. Redmond

  • Quincy Troupe

    Quincy Troupe

  • Lauren Parks

    Lauren Parks

  • Reginald Petty

    Reginald Petty

  • Professor Eugene B. Redmond with Miles paper-mache mannequin

    Professor Eugene B. Redmond with Miles paper-mache mannequin

  • Moderator Darlene Roy

    Moderator Darlene Roy

  • 2001 Milesville panel with Quincy Troupe and Michael Datcher

    Milesville panel 75th birthday 2001 - Quincy Troupe, Michael Datcher, Eugene B. Redmond, Reginald Petty - Darlene Roy moderating

  • Eugene B. Redmond, Quincy Troupe, Sherman Fowler

    Eugene B. Redmond, Quincy Troupe, Sherman Fowler

  • Dr. Michael Datcher

    Michael Datcher - 2001

  • Jimmy Cobb and Vince Wilburn

    Jimmy Cobb & Vince Wilburn, Jr.

  • Eugene Redmond, Deborah Granger, Harry Belafonte

    Eugene Redmond, Deborah Granger, Harry Belafonte

  • Cheryl Davis and Paul Scott with Benjamin Cawthra

    Cheryl Davis and Paul Scott with Dr. Benjamin Cawthra

  • Jimmy Cobb, Eugene Haynes, Deborah Granger, Eugene B. Redmond, Vince Wilburn

    Jimmy Cobb, Eugene Haynes, Deborah Granger, Eugene B. Redmond, Vince Wilburn

  • Ben Cawthra, Elwood Buchanan, Jr., Michael Datcher, Paul Sott, Cheryl Davis, Eugene B. Redmond, Anne Walker, City Councilman

    Ben Cawthra, Elwood Buchanan, Jr., Michael Datcher, Paul Sott, Cheryl Davis, Eugene B. Redmond, Anne Walker, City Councilman

  • Harry Belafonte group shot

    Harry Belafonte group shot

  • Hanging out with Poet Eugene Redmond, Eddie Fisher and Sunshine

    Hanging out with Poet Eugene Redmond, Eddie Fisher and Sunshine

  • Dr. Eugene B. Redmond

    ESL Poet Laureate Eugene B Redmond

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Exhibit Curators Panel includes Dr. Ben Cawthra, curator of MILES: A Miles Davis Retrospective; Becki Hartke, project manager, Vince Wilburn, Jr, and Vincent Bessières, curator of We Want Miles, 2010 at Musée de la Musique/Cite de la Musique. Magdalene Linck from MO-History Museum moderated. 

Curators of Miles: The Retrospective and We Want Miles Exhibits

The Curators

2001-2021

 

  • Magdalene Linck, Moderator

    Magdalene Linck, Moderator

  • Dr. Benjamin Cawthra

    Dr. Benjamin Cawthra

  • First Exhibit: Miles Davis Retrospective - Missouri Historical Museum

    First Exhibit: Miles Davis Retrospective - Missouri Historical Museum

  • Miles Davis and American Culture

    Published by Missouri History Society for Miles Davis' 75th Birthday. 2002

  • Milestone Institute with Mayor Debra Powell at MO History Museum

    Milestone Institute visits Miles Davis Retrospective Exhibit at Missouri History Museum

  • We Want Miles at Montreal Museum of Fine Art.

    We Want Miles at Montreal Museum of Fine Art. 2009-2010

  • We Want Miles at Montreal Museum of Fine Art.

    We Want Miles at Montreal Museum of Fine Art. 2009-2010

  • Miles Davis' Blue Horn

    Miles Davis' Blue Horn

  • Painting by Miles Davis

    Installation view: Jazz inspired Basquiat paintings at MMFA show on Miles Davis

  • Painting by Miles Davis

    Painting by Miles Davis

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat, Horn Players,

    Jean-Michel Basquiat, Horn Players, the Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica

  • Vince Wilburn, Jr.

    Vince Wilburn, Jr.

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