Five days of Miles Davis Radio coming to Sirius XM
Miles Davis Radio, a limited run channel dedicated to one of music’s most legendary icons debuts on Sirius XM radio for five days beginning this Friday.
The channel coincides with the November 24 release of Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection, a deluxe 71 disc limited edition retrospective of the iconic music Davis created during his 30 years with Columbia Records.
The massive set, which sells for over $250, contains 52 single CD and double CD albums plus a bonus DVD: Miles Davis Quintet Live In Europe ‘67. The DVD includes two separate European concert performances filmed in Stockholm and Karlsruhe, Germany, October and November 1967, respectively. The box set includes all of Davis’ studio and live albums released during his tenure at the label, more than 40 titles that he recorded in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
The Sirius XM limited-run channel will be hosted by Davis’ son Erin Davis, his nephew drummer Vince Wilburn Jr. and bassist, producer and writer Marcus Miller and will feature music from Davis’ extensive catalog, which includes over one hundred albums.
Listeners will also hear former Miles Davis music director Robert Irving III premiere never before heard soundtrack music recorded by Davis for the 1986 film Wise Guys. In addition, the channel is scheduled to include special segments and interviews with former Davis band members and various guests, including drummer Jimmy Cobb, pianist Herbie Hancock, guitarist John Scofield, pianist Monty Alexander, record executives Bruce Lundvall and Clive Davis, Davis’ long-time road manager Gordon Meltzer, bassist Ron Carter, guitarist Carlos Santana, Rolling Stones bassist Darryl “Munch” Jones and friend and peer Quincy Jones.
The Miles Davis channel will launch on Friday, November 20 at 3:00 pm ET and will run until Wednesday, November 25 on SIRIUS channel 72 and XM channel 70.
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