Ep452: Managing the Miles Davis Legacy with Vince Wilburn Jr

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Managing the estate of a legend like Miles Davis requires tremendous coordination, detail and creativity. Vince Wilburn Jr, musician, collaborator and nephew of Miles and co-manager of the Miles Davis Estate discusses the contents, complexities and strategies of managing the Miles Davis Legacy.

Topic Include:

• Uncle Miles – The Chief
• Reviewing offers / keeping quality high on Miles Davis legacy
• Good relationships of team and with former labels
• Are any tapes missing? How much unreleased material?
• Archiving films, stage clothing, instruments
• Miles Davis’ record collection, getting records delivered
• Musicians he appreciated in the 80s
• Miles’ thoughts on early hip hop
• Creating music on the fly, setting up recording sessions adhoc
• He went through many Sony Walkmans
• Where is Miles’ record collection?
• Miles was very supportive of Vince playing music
• The story of “The Man With the Horn”
• Advice Miles gave Vince on being a musician
• Did Miles keep in touch with his Jazz contemporaries?
• Some rare Miles recordings found after his passing
• Recent RSD issues of new Miles recordings
• Ron Carter stories
• What is something people get wrong about Miles Davis?
• Did Miles give any guidance on his legacy?
• Zev Feldman, Kevin Donan connections
• Musicians would visit Miles – Prince would call frequently
• Does the album art exist?
• Upcoming Miles Davis legacy projects
• Memories of being young with Miles
• What’s Vince’s favourite Miles LP?
• UHQRs are the ultimate Kind of Blue pressings
• Test pressings and original acetates are part of the archive
• Interview wrap up

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