Reykjavik Big Band plays Miles Davis on a desert island

The Reykjavik Big Band is opening its new season with a concert devoted to Miles Davis, whom musician Sigurður Flosason describes as one of the most influential figures in jazz history.

The concert will take place at Harpa’s Silfurberg hall on Sunday, September 6, at 8 p.m. It marks the band’s tribute to Davis, who would have turned 100 earlier this year.

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Miles Davis is one of the most influential jazz musicians in history.

“He had a long and fruitful career,” Flosason says. Davis changed direction repeatedly and stood at the forefront of four or five fundamental stylistic revolutions in jazz history. Flosason describes him as a searching artist who almost never looked back, with an enormous impact on jazz worldwide.

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He had a long and fruitful career. He changed direction very often and was actually at the forefront of four or five fundamental stylistic revolutions in jazz history. He was a searching artist who almost never looked back. That had an enormous impact on the entire jazz world.