
Miles From India Live at the 2026 Concert of Colors Festival
Season 15 Episode 1513 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Sitar meets muted trumpet — Miles From India, live from the DIA for Concert of Colors.
Miles From India performs its fusion of Indian classical music and the music of Miles Davis, recorded at the 35th annual Concert of Colors at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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Miles From India Live at the 2026 Concert of Colors Festival
Season 15 Episode 1513 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Miles From India performs its fusion of Indian classical music and the music of Miles Davis, recorded at the 35th annual Concert of Colors at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(bright jazz music) - Feel the rhythm of the world on tonight's "Detroit Performs."
We are featuring performances from the 2026 Concert of Colors Festival.
This year, the Concert of Colors celebrated its 35th year and honored the memory of the festival's founder, Ishmael Ahmed.
Please enjoy these electrifying performances from the 2026 Concert of Colors Festival on "Detroit Performs."
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(bright jazz music continues) (logo whooshing) - So tonight, we have a wonderful performance that is a fusion of Indian classical music and American jazz.
And is a celebration of East Indian music that is very much inspired, and as I said, celebrate the iconic American trumpeter, composer, and band leaders, Miles Davis.
(chuckles) (audience applauding) Please help me give a big round of applause for Miles from India.
(audience applauding) Thank you.
(soft trumpet music) (chimes jangling) (tense keyboard music) (soft jazz music) (mellow jazz music) (mellow guitar music) (bright saxophone music) (bright keyboard music) (band member chuckling) (upbeat percussion music) (audience applauding) - [Band Member] Ah.
Oh, yeah.
All right.
Yeah.
(audience cheering) (mellow jazz music) (bright flute music) (upbeat jazz music) (audience cheering) (soft jazz music) (mellow guitar music) (band member chattering) - [Band Member] Ah.
(band member chattering) Yeah, man.
(bright guitar music) (audience applauding) (bright jazz music) (upbeat flute music) Yeah, man.
(bright trumpet music) (mellow jazz music) - [Announcer] Funding for "Detroit Performs" is provided by the Kresge Foundation, the Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation, Gregory Haynes and Richard Sonenklar and by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.
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