{"product_id":"miles-davis-marcus-miller-siesta-rhino-reserve-pressing","title":"Miles Davis \u0026 Marcus Miller - Siesta (Rhino Reserve Pressing)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the end of 1986, with \u003cstrong\u003eMiles Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e' career in resurgence, he was approached by the producers of a major Hollywood film, \u003cem\u003eSiesta\u003c\/em\u003e, based on the book by Patrice Chaplin and starring Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne and Martin Sheen. The story takes place in Spain, and the director had already used tracks from \u003cem\u003eSketches of Spain\u003c\/em\u003e as placeholders, hoping for jazz music with an Iberian flavor and a mournful edge. That the narrative unfolded with a mysterious, dream-like quality suggested Miles as well. Miles agreed to create the music for the movie and immediately asked \u003cstrong\u003eMarcus Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e to help compose and produce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiles was no stranger to the world of film. In 1958, he had created the impromptu modal jams that became the soundtrack for Louis Malle's first feature, \u003cem\u003eL'Ascenseur pour l'échafaud\u003c\/em\u003e. His 1970 album \u003cem\u003eJack Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e had originally been conceived as a score to a boxing documentary, and as recently as October 1986 had played on tracks for the film \u003cem\u003eStreet Smart\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs had taken place with \u003cem\u003eTutu\u003c\/em\u003e, Miles looked to Miller, working with keyboardist\/programmer \u003cstrong\u003eJason Miles\u003c\/strong\u003e, to compose and construct the various tracks, over which he blew his trumpet parts. Matching the music to the mood and tempo of the film's scenes lay on Miller's shoulders. The soundtrack came together in early 1987 in Los Angeles, Miller and Jason Miles working in North Hollywood, and Miles driving in from Malibu to play his parts. As on \u003cem\u003eTutu\u003c\/em\u003e, Miller brought in a number of players to add solos and texture: guitarists \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Scofield\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEarl Klugh\u003c\/strong\u003e; flautist \u003cstrong\u003eJames Walker\u003c\/strong\u003e; and drummer \u003cstrong\u003eOmar Hakim\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSiesta\u003c\/em\u003e hit screens in November to scathing reviews bemoaning its self-conscious hipness and scrambled structure. The soundtrack, however, had been released a few months earlier to positive reception; \u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/em\u003e lauded it for being \"elegiac, Miles Davis being used for his remarkable ability to make the trumpet sound like the most wisely sad of all instruments.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhino Reserve","offers":[{"title":"180g 1LP 33RPM","offer_id":58511110078809,"sku":"SDZ-48367","price":53.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/image_f7f07424-7c92-4aa4-b416-72c79b773630.jpg?v=1783346485","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/miles-davis-marcus-miller-siesta-rhino-reserve-pressing","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}