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Featuring Ravi Coltrane, Ambrose Akinmusire and Veronica Swift with Shelly Berg and the Frost School of Music's Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and its resident conductor, Scott Flavin

Born in 1926, Miles Davis was among the greatest innovators in jazz. This centennial concert celebrates his unparalleled musical legacy, which includes the albums Sketches of Spain, Tutu, Birth of the Cool and Kind of Blue. Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, both Grammy Award winners, will pay tribute to the magical pairing of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, alongside vocalist Veronica Swift and the Frost School of Music’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra.