Directed by Amos Rozenberg for Paramax Films, whose Paris-based team used high-end production technology and approached the concert not as a document but as a film. The performance was captured using seven ultra-high-definition Sony Burano 8K cameras paired with Fujinon Cabrio lenses, delivering exceptional visual clarity and depth. The film brings the same restless attention to image that Miles Davis brought to sound, finding the mood inside a gesture, the electricity inside a pause. The cinematography moves fluidly across the full arc of the evening, from the cool restraint of the early acoustic passages to the heat and abandon of the electric sequences. What Rozenberg and Paramax Films have created is less a filmed concert than a cinematic experience, one that honors jazz's complexity on the scale it has always deserved.
A QUOTE FROM JOHN BEASLEY:
"Miles was not interested in nostalgia. He was always asking, 'What's Next?' and Unlimited Miles grew out of that question. Miles was famous for bringing together musicians who didn't sound alike, people who think independently and challenged each other. Sean Jones, Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Williams, Terreon Gully, these are artists whose creative tension I was looking for. Not similarity, but chemistry.
The set list is a journey through the different phases of Miles's music, but not in a chronological way. We look at key moments, acoustic, electric, modal, experimental, and reinterpret them through a contemporary lens. The goal is that it feels cohesive as a performance, but also unpredictable. Because that's what Miles's music always was.
Every night we play, I think about that phone call in 1989. I thought a friend was pranking me when I heard that distinctive voice says, 'I want you to join the band.' Releasing this film on his 100th birthday feels like the only answer to that gift, to share this music with new audiences and loyal ones, with a contemporary sound, as Miles would have wished. This is how we take Miles Davis forward, not just remember him."
ABOUT UNLIMITED MILES
Unlimited Miles, John Beasley’s Miles Davis Centennial concert celebration, launched its 13-city Spring Tour on March 26, performing at major concert venues from the Chicago Symphony Center to the Mondavi Center, appearing at renowned festivals including the Savannah Music Festival and Denver Jazz Fest, and headlining iconic jazz clubs such as Birdland and Blue Note Tokyo to standing ovations and widespread critical acclaim. Paramax Films recorded Unlimited Miles: Live at Blue Note Tokyo, and Mack Avenue Records will release the live album in early 2027. Continuing its acclaimed tour, Unlimited Miles celebrates the enduring legacy of Miles Davis throughout his centennial year with concerts happening worldwide.
The New York Times bestselling author and NPR music commentator, Michelle Mercer, called the show "mind-alteringly good," adding: "Unlimited Miles has it all. A 90-minute journey across decades of sound, condensing the breadth of Miles's legacy into one continuous experience."
Dave Popin of WBGO declared it an “utterly brilliant performance by John Beasley and his Unlimited Miles sextet. This was the big leagues of jazz. Fortunate to have experienced it."
All About Jazz praised the ensemble's refusal to settle into nostalgia: "Rather than reproducing the taut momentum of original recordings, the sextet stretched compositions outward, allowing textures and tenor lines to blur the boundaries between post-bop structure and electric atmosphere." The review noted that Beasley assembled," a band capable of navigating every era of Davis's catalog without reducing any of it to mere stylistic imitation," a collective that treated Miles Davis not as a finished monument, but as a conversation still unfolding."
ABOUT JOHN BEASLEY
John Beasley is a Grammy-winning pianist, composer, and arranger who served as a keyboardist in one of Miles Davis's final touring bands. A sought-after collaborator across jazz, film, and popular music and diverse roles from music director for Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz gala concert events to commissions with over a dozen jazz orchestras, including producing other artists projects, Beasley has spent decades at the intersection of jazz tradition and contemporary innovation. Unlimited Miles represents his most personal and expansive statement yet on the music and meaning of Miles Davis.
ABOUT PARAMAX FILMS
Founded in 1999, Paramax Films is an acclaimed Paris-based production company renowned for its high-end audiovisual content spanning cinema, live music, and the arts. As a pioneer in cutting-edge broadcast technology, Paramax has spent over two decades capturing world-class performances. The company has curated an extensive, elite catalog of music films featuring legendary jazz icons and contemporary masters including Chick Corea, Ron Carter, John McLaughlin, Charles Lloyd, Christian McBride, Dave Liebman, or Lakecia Benjamin to name a few, partnering with top-tier global networks like Mezzo TV, Arte, France Télévisions, and Stingray DJAZZ. Driven by a passion for future-proofed, cinematic storytelling, Paramax Films is an industry leader in native 4K and 8K RAW workflows, while actively expanding its portfolio into independent feature-length fiction, giant-screen IMAX projects, and international distribution.
RELEASE DETAILS:
Title: John Beasley's Unlimited Miles: Live from Blue Note Tokyo
Release Date: May 26, 2026 (Miles Davis's 100th Birthday)
Director: Amos Rozenberg
Production: Paramax Films
Available On: Mezzo TV | Medici.tv Streaming Platform
Availability: Global
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