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Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud review – harmonic openness for Louis Malle’s haunting noir thriller ⊕⊕

found 2026 › May › 22 (Fri) @ 07:51 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

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The trumpeter’s improvised soundtrack for the new wave director’s 1957 film still glows with sensuality, tension and nocturnal beauty in this lavish reissue

When Miles Davis was dying in…