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Miles Davis!

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:56 am
by selector.dub.u
I am listening to Miles davis's "Miles In the Sky" as I write this and I am just amazed by its beauty.

Every 3 to six months I listen to Bitches Brew and have my mind blown again and again by his genius and the talent of the musicians he surrounded himself with for all of his albums.


I have to say though I "dig" his "electric" period the most-
1969 through 1975

http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/miles.html

Any one else share my appreciation for Miles?
Is there Anyone who doesn't like him?

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:12 pm
by jim
The don. I mainly listen to sketches of spain, bitches brew and the birth of the cool. I'm not familiar with all of his work though, which is something I hope to remedy in the future.

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:44 pm
by marsyas
oh yeah, standard listeneing !!

lucky my dad was a real jazz head, got tons of filthy vinyl about the house.

check out-

round about midnight - first one he did with coltrane !!
miles smiles

and the a few of the prestige ones - relaxin', cookin', steamin', workin'
all recorded in one session, fuking fabulous albums there !!

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:02 am
by selector.dub.u
Marsyas wrote:oh yeah, standard listeneing !!

lucky my dad was a real jazz head, got tons of filthy vinyl about the house.

check out-

round about midnight - first one he did with coltrane !!
miles smiles

and the a few of the prestige ones - relaxin', cookin', steamin', workin'
all recorded in one session, fuking fabulous albums there !!
Hey marsyas maybe you could whip us up a little mix?
that would be 8) .

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:09 pm
by anok
now playing miles davis - on the corner...sik :D

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:13 pm
by boomnoise
really a big big fan of miles

preferences: jack johnson sessions, dark magnus, on the corner and porgy and bess.

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:44 pm
by mudda
You beat me to it Boomnoise. The Jack Johnson Sessions = 8)

Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:52 pm
by grievous_angel
Wicked thread

Was delighted to find out the other night that boom was a miles fan - and last night that SDU was!

Listening to Cabaret Voltaire when I was 13 / 14 got me into Miles, and I binged on the electronic period.

My fave now is Porgy, though I've been listening to Bitches Brew (esp) and On The Corner (ummmm bit too out of time in places!!) an awful lot in the last month or so. I really like the Bill Laswell remix album, Panthalassa, would love it if he could do all of the late 60s / 70s albums. I really like Get Up With It too, though it's dark as fuck. I know a lot of people don't like Decoy, but I still really like it, would like to refix some of that... ;)

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:34 am
by metalboxproducts
Jack Johnson

Live Evil

On the Corner

Bitches Brew

Black beauty

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:53 am
by mr. messer
id rather this thread was entitled John Coltrane.

he was the best instrumentalist of all time. no argument.

:!:

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:41 am
by selector.dub.u
Mr. Messer wrote:id rather this thread was entitled John Coltrane.

he was the best instrumentalist of all time. no argument.

:!:
He was the next one I was going to make a thread about.
:)

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:21 pm
by mr. messer
big up selector.dub.u!

here some suggestions for other people....


Olé Coltrane
Coltrane's Sound
Giant Steps
Coltrane Jazz
A Love Supreme

theyre my all times. then theres Blue Train ... 'an exploration in simplicity'
doesnt possess the tone or the 'sheets of sound' bollocks that adds so much depth to his future pieces. i find it borin at times.

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:38 pm
by shonky
Mr. Messer wrote:big up selector.dub.u!

here some suggestions for other people....


Olé Coltrane
Coltrane's Sound
Giant Steps
Coltrane Jazz
A Love Supreme

theyre my all times. then theres Blue Train ... 'an exploration in simplicity'
doesnt possess the tone or the 'sheets of sound' bollocks that adds so much depth to his future pieces. i find it borin at times.
Yeah, got given a Love Supreme for my birthday the other week - I share the same birthday as Trane (if not the musical ability). I think he's the jazz guy that you don't have to be mad into jazz to enjoy (plenty of others I know)

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:53 pm
by mr. messer
Shonky wrote:
Mr. Messer wrote:big up selector.dub.u!

here some suggestions for other people....


Olé Coltrane
Coltrane's Sound
Giant Steps
Coltrane Jazz
A Love Supreme

theyre my all times. then theres Blue Train ... 'an exploration in simplicity'
doesnt possess the tone or the 'sheets of sound' bollocks that adds so much depth to his future pieces. i find it borin at times.
Yeah, got given a Love Supreme for my birthday the other week - I share the same birthday as Trane (if not the musical ability). I think he's the jazz guy that you don't have to be mad into jazz to enjoy (plenty of others I know)
i wouldnt say that. i think all coltranes atlantic material can be listened to by anybody. i havent heard much jazz that would appeal to everybody. some english boppers share similar soulful tones.... the ornette coleman sound-a-like Joe Harriott for example... wouldnt say there was plenty of others though

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:05 pm
by shonky
Yeah, that was a bit of a dim post to be honest, some stuff is just going to appeal to jazz heads, but Coltrane seems to be liked by most I've played it to (admittedly the Atlantic stuff like you say). Some of Charles Mingus stuff seems to go down quite well, I think it's all good as long as they don't separate the heart from the art and go off into mad, jazz noodle
hell.

Unless of course they like mad, jazz noodle hell in which case all's good. :wink:

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:15 am
by mumbler
In a Silent Way
On the Corner
Kind of Blue, of course.
Jack Johnson, too.

The only problem I ever have is that I have a general aversion to soprano sax, so even though Wayne Shorter is a very fine musician, his parts turn me off.