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Jack Johnson (also known as A Tribute To Jack Johnson on reissues) is a studio album and soundtrack by the American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was released on February 24, 1971, by Columbia Records .
Jack Johnson could very well be considered Miles’ “heaviest” music, in the classic rock sense: driven by a straight-ahead, 4/4 beat drums (provided by a 24-year old Billy Cobham), with a popping, electric bass boogie line (19-year old Michael Henderson, fresh from Stevie Wonder’s road band), and a brash, explosive electric guitar sound ...
Feb 24, 2021 · The genesis of the project - which was later retitled A Tribute to Jack Johnson - is deceptively simple: In 1970, Davis was asked by boxing manager and impresario Bill Cayton if he wanted...
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Apr 8, 2022 · Henderson’s patient bass thump hammers down an invisible groove as McLaughlin strums blues-psych in waves and the man on the marquee coaxes beautiful, nightfallen negative space out of his trumpet. Back cover of A Tribute to Jack Johnson (Image: Legacy Recordings)
Jul 23, 2022 · Over the next few years, Mr. Henderson recorded a string of albums with Davis, including “A Tribute to Jack Johnson,” “Live-Evil” and “On the Corner.”
Oct 13, 2021 · In December 1969, Miles Davis boasted: ‘I could put together the greatest rock ’n’ roll band you ever heard’. He attempted to prove his point during a series of turbulent sessions in the first half of 1970. This is the story of the album A Tribute to Jack Johnson.
A Tribute To Jack Johnson. With a hard-driving, rock-fueled band—Steve Grossman, soprano sax; Herbie Hancock, keyboards; John McLaughlin, guitar; Michael Henderson, electric bass; and Billy Cobham, drums—Miles records music for a documentary on the legendary Black prize-figher Jack Johnson, directed by Jimmy Jacobs and titled Jack Johnson.
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