Aura

Composed by Danish trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg as a tribute to Miles Davis upon his receipt of the Sonning Award, 'Aura' stands out as one of the most ambitious projects of Davis's late career. The conceptual suite assigns colors to a vast spectrum of musical moods, blending big band arrangements with avant-garde electronics and fusion textures. Recorded in early 1985 but delayed for years by the label, it serves as a stunningly evocative career retrospective rendered in a modernist framework.