Hybrid Jazz From Trish Hennessey - with Jason Miles!

Where to begin?  We only have a certain amount of space here to brag on Jason Miles!  We could use THREE of these pages to list his credentials.  But let's begin with the reason for his visit on 1/7/16.  You may have heard the intense buzz regarding his collaboration with Ingrid Jensen.  "Kind of New" has a title that's homage to the Miles Davis masterpiece, "Kind of Blue." But the work within THIS stellar musical journey is based on another period in the vast history of a Legend: the unforgettable Cellar Door sessions in 1970.  That club was THE Hub for vibe and improvisation - the area is one that yours truly knows well: Georgetown, the same neighborhood in Washington, D.C. where Blues Alley is located.  

Jason and Ingrid wanted to pick up the torch of that era and run with it.  Boy howdy, did they!  "Kind of New" ebbs and flows with juice and creativity that will leave you breathless.  Jason with his magical fingers on anything resembling keys, Ingrid howling at the moon on trumpet (oh, Miles MUST hear from his perch!), and some unbelievable Jazz cats surrounding them with an innate knowledge of what was needed to make "Kind of New" SOAR.

If you know the decades that Jason has spent, enhancing the music of others - and heading his own fascinating (and fearless) forays involving Jazz, etc. - you also know that he RELISHES keeping the music of genius alive.  Miles, Marvin Gaye, Grover Washington, Jr.  So much MORE to say about how Jason has (and this is meant with all sincerity) unselfishly brought attention to others when frequently the focus could have been on this consummate talent.  But, wisely, he knew that his OWN Legendary status will have everything to do with his musical skill, arranging and producing - for the sake of those artists who he has revered.  

Trust me, we'll talk about ALL of it :)