Kind Of Now - The Pulse Of Miles Davis

Gregory Hutchinson’s Kind of Now: The Pulse of Miles Davis is a 2026 tribute album that approaches Miles Davis’s legacy through rhythm, motion, and contemporary interpretation rather than straightforward recreation. Led by Hutchinson on drums, the record brings together a strong modern jazz ensemble, including Ambrose Akinmusire on trumpet, Ron Blake on saxophone and bass clarinet, Gerald Clayton on piano, Joe Sanders on bass, and guitarists Jakob Bro and Emmanuel Michael. Its program moves across different eras of Davis’s music, touching on bebop, post-bop, modal atmosphere, and electric fusion.

The album includes pieces associated with Miles and his collaborators, such as “Ah-Leu-Cha,” “Fran-Dance,” “Seven Steps to Heaven,” “Bitches Brew,” “Circle in the Round,” and several Wayne Shorter compositions. Hutchinson treats these works as living material, emphasizing pulse, texture, and ensemble conversation rather than nostalgia. The result is a thoughtful, energetic, and modern Miles homage: respectful of the source material, but more interested in extending its spirit of experimentation than preserving it in place.