Seven Steps To Heaven is the title of my portrait of Miles Davis. The larger image of Miles is from the cover of the album Decoy, the first project I produced for him. The other image is from a live concert photo, which finds Miles in the archetypal posture he often assumed while playing the trumpet. I included seven actual steps in the painting that echo the seven notes in the opening melody of the song of the same title (released by Miles in 1963). The painting size is 22 x 17 on canvas.

The curated soundtrack for this painting is the tune Seven Steps To Heaven arranged and performed by Irving as featured on his 2007 trio album, New Momentum produced by Terri Lyne Carrington featuring Marlene Rosenberg on bass and Ernie Adams on drums.