Miles Davis (1926-1991)

[Bogey]

Miles Mono Albums boxed set to be released soon!
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Pretty stoked for this!

Wow.  However, there are still a handful of box sets I need before repeating cds....in fact, I believe I would grab vinyl versions first.  It is a sweet set though.

[toledobass]

Agreed.  This is mind blowing music.  Raw, gritty and visceral. Lo-fi for sure, but it doesn't get in the way for me.

Just got this; and it is one Miles's greatest bands.  Had they only stayed together and done more recording, especially a studio date, this group could have been the Third Great Quintet.

Miles
Wayne Shorter
Jack DeJohnette
Dave Holland
Chick Corea



This 4-CD 3-CD (and one DVD) live set has performances from 1969 in Antibes, Stockholm, and Berlin.  The music generally comes from the Bitches Brew material, and  there's also some songs from the Second Quintet's book - but played with much more fire.

Sound is not perfect, but highly recommended.

[toledobass]

My birthday is coming up and I'm thinking about picking up the deluxe 40th anniversary collectors edition of Bitches Brew at Music Direct. 

I still can't answer the original poll!

[HIPster]

My birthday is coming up and I'm thinking about picking up the deluxe 40th anniversary collectors edition of Bitches Brew at Music Direct. 

I still can't answer the original poll!

Good call on that 40th Anniv. set of Bitches Brew!  My buddy has it and it is way cool.  The live CD is stunning.

Personally, I am okay with having the 4 CD Complete Bitches Brew Sessions boxed set (original release, with the blue metal spine), but the 40th Anniv. set is a beauty too!

And I hear ya on the poll, toledobass - eventually I clicked on the Electric period (and I remain the only vote still).  I like all periods of Miles. . .

[San Antone]

It took me a long time to become convinced of the last period, but I spent some time listening to the bands from around the mid-80s and have begun to dig this music.   Until now I had written off the music after 1975, but there's some gems in that last decade, too.

 

[HIPster]

It took me a long time to become convinced of the last period, but I spent some time listening to the bands from around the mid-80s and have begun to dig this music.   Until now I had written off the music after 1975, but there's some gems in that last decade, too.

 

Right on sanantonio!

Absolutely, man. . .

[Artem]

I am a big fan of Davis/Coltrane period.

[toledobass]

The live music always helped me understand the periods a bit more.   Those always provided my gateway into periods that I thought were not for me through the studio efforts

[San Antone]

The live music always helped me understand the periods a bit more.   Those always provided my gateway into periods that I thought were not for me through the studio efforts

I know what you are saying.   Regarding the last period's bands, it was through the Live Montreux recordings from 1981-1991 that convinced me that the music from this period was more interesting than I had thought.  It is still my least favorite period, but I used to not listen to it at all.

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I got these recordings long before the price went through the roof.

[Bogey]

The live music always helped me understand the periods a bit more.   Those always provided my gateway into periods that I thought were not for me through the studio efforts

Word.

[Henk]

Miles writes in his autobiograpy that Stockhausen's music learned him that music is a process of adding things and removing things. This indeed can be heared by Miles' music from Bitches Brew also his live music.

I should try Stockhausen again.

[Karl Henning]

Miles writes in his autobiograpy that Stockhausen's music learned him that music is a process of adding things and removing things. This indeed can be heared by Miles' music from Bitches Brew also his live music.

Sure, but you can learn that from any number of excellent composers. Stockhausen is nothing special there, IMO.

[Henk]

Sure, but you can learn that from any number of excellent composers. Stockhausen is nothing special there, IMO.

Hi Karl, OK, but that's what Miles wrote. BTW, so nice we have both Frescobaldi in our currently listening frame.

[kishnevi]

Sure, but you can learn that from any number of excellent composers. Stockhausen is nothing special there, IMO.

Moreover, "adding things and removing things" can describe several other fields of human endeavor, including arithmetic and cooking.

[Kontrapunctus]

I'm just getting into jazz, and I'm starting with Miles. (Hey, go big or go home, right?) I'm eagerly awaiting my copy of the multi-channel remastered SACD of this classic:

[7/4]

I'm just getting into jazz, and I'm starting with Miles. (Hey, go big or go home, right?) I'm eagerly awaiting my copy of the multi-channel remastered SACD of this classic:

great album, I should listen to it again soon.

[Karl Henning]

Moreover, "adding things and removing things" can describe several other fields of human endeavor, including arithmetic and cooking.

Butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie . . . .

[North Star]

In the pi, you mean?

[toledobass]

Here's some stuff to help flesh out Miles career a little more. 

http://killedincars.tumblr.com/post/973480743/1975tree
http://killedincars.tumblr.com/post/2753306927/fillmoretree
http://killedincars.tumblr.com/post/40192727692/lostquintet
http://killedincars.tumblr.com/post/72392215614/1971mix

[HIPster]

Due in March:
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Excellent preview on the Miles Davis site:

http://www.milesdavis.com/us/news/miles-fillmore-miles-davis-1970-bootleg-series-vol-3-4cd-box-set-be-released-march-25