Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis Collaboration ALBUM

The intriguing concept of this album is what it could have sounded like had Jazz and Rock giant Jimi Hendrix and Jazz Legend Miles Davis jammed together.

It is daring challenge that takes some balls. Much effort has been made at creating some highly energy and improvised directions that Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis might possibly have taken. This album reminds us just how good Jazz Fusion was as a genre.
Assumptions have been made, for example that both Miles and Jimi would have evolved, so don't expect the obvious. Artistic license has been exercised, the band sound is more based on the Miles Davis band of the 80's. And why not? That band featured bass legend Marcus Miller!
For Fuck's sake - it's a Pastiche - don't get judgemental!
attacks Jimi's guitar parts intelligently, not playing Jimi's licks note for note, rather getting in the zone and riding it. Sometimes it hits the mark, others not so much, but when it does it feels recognizably Jimi and quite often sounds like the man himself could have played it. At times psychedelic, the blend of Miles and Jimi works perfectly to take you to a place no other concept could.
Another impressive innovation is the virtual trumpet, it's accurate in both in Miles' tone and style. Amazingly Ben Sutton wrote these parts and played them (into MIDI using a keyboard synthesizer).

You may come to this album primarily as a Jimi fan and you will not be disappointed. However, if you're not already familiar with Miles Davis, this will hopefully encourage you to explore his work. Miles was every bit the magician Jimi was. Both were so out in the stratosphere as musicians - and as forces of nature!

The two of them together would have produced fireworks and this album has high energy, improvisation, and interplay in abundance. The album is balanced in that both Jimi and Miles tracks are attempted, each getting a hint of how the other would have contributed.