Ryan Truesdell Will Conduct The ENTIRE Miles Ahead Album With The LJO

Grammy Award-winning conductor and composer Ryan Truesdell will be appearing with The Lamont Jazz Orchestra on November 5, 2018 to conduct the ENTIRE Miles Ahead album. Ryan is a major advocate for the music of legendary composer-arranger Gil Evans and has released two major projects of Gil's music (most of which was not released prior to Ryan's recordings) Along with the performance of Miles Ahead (with Lamont Jazz faculty member Al Hood and members of his talented trumpet studio playing the role of Miles Davis on the concert) Ryan will also be giving a presentation on the history of the recording Miles Ahead and Gil's music in general.