Jordi Luque Sanz

There is a Miles Davis painting hanging at Epicurus, the only one in Denmark. From 21 October, in that same house, the man Miles chose as his bassist at twenty-one will be playing.

Darryl Jones has spent more than thirty years holding one of the most coveted positions in music: bassist for The Rolling Stones. Before that he was already among the most sought-after players of his generation, with Miles Davis, Sting, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Eric Clapton, BB King and Herbie Hancock behind him. Keith Richards puts it plainly: "Darryl is one of the best bass players in the world."

From 21 October to 7 November he comes to Copenhagen with pianist Robert Irving III, who was Miles Davis's musical director and helped shape his sound through the 1980s, and drummer Toby Williams. Between them they trace an extraordinary path, from the electric Miles years to the stadiums of the Stones, through reinterpretations of Miles, Sting, Madonna, the Rolling Stones and Darryl's own compositions.

And what lifts this beyond a concert: between pieces, Darryl tells his own story. The story of someone who did not study that music. He made it.

All of it downstairs at Epicurus, a former military gymnasium reborn with plush armchairs, acoustics by GamFratesi and a Bösendorfer 230 Vienna Concert waiting under low light. Because that is the idea of the house: culture and pleasure at the same altitude, and jazz programmed in long residencies rather than one-off gigs.

It is rare to hear the history of music told by someone who wrote it.

📍 Epicurus, Rosenborggade 15, Copenhagen
📅 21 October to 7 November
🎟 https://epicurus.dk/jazz/darryl-jones

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