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Live at the Â鶹Éç Proms: Miho Hazama and the Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra are joined by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire in a tribute to the jazz legend in his centenary year.

Presented by Kevin Le Gendre, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Gershwin, arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama: Porgy and Bess – ‘Bess, you is my woman now’; ‘Gone, gone, gone’; ‘Summertime’; ‘I loves you, Porgy’
Gil Evans: Boplicity
de Falla. arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama: El amor brujo medley – Dance of Terror; Song of the Will-o’-the-Wisp; Ritual Fire Dance

Interval: George Cole, author of The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis 1980-1991, joins Kevin Le Gendre live at the Royal Albert Hall to talk about the life and career of Miles Davis.

Weill. arr. Gil Evans, orch. Miho Hazama; My Ship
Miles Davis/Gil Evans, orch, Miho Hazama: Miles Ahead
Eddie Barclay: Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas)
Rodrigo, arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama; En Aranjuez con tu amor (after the Adagio of ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’)

Ambrose Akinmusire {trumpet)
Sam Harris (piano)
Harish Raghavan (bass)
Kendrick Scott (drums)
Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra
Conductor Miho Hazama

The Proms marks Miles Davis’s centenary with a concert combining his influences – works by Rodrigo and Gershwin – with his own hits. Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins the Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama for a celebration of a jazz legend.