Amandla - Miles Davis

Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis

As a jazz fan all you need to do is look at the line-up to realize this is something special. Miles Davis on the trumpet, Coltrane on the tenor sax, Cannonball Adderley on the Alto Sax, Chambers on bass, Bill Evans on piano...not to mention Cobb (drums) and Kelly (piano on Freddie Freeloader instead of Evans). All chiefs, no Indians and yet it never sounds as if all the chiefs try to do their own thing. Davis manages to mix all their talents, and makes it sound fresh and renewing. It s considered the magnum opus of the entire jazz genre, for good reason. It was the first jazz-album I ever listened to, after spending my musical years on Rock Country (capital Led ...

Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis ~~Background~~ It is really hard to know where to start with reviewing this album. Firstly, every Jazz fan should have it (if they haven t already), and many music lovers not into Jazz should own it too. In fact if you love music, not the musician, genre or record label, if you really, really love music, this is something to listen to. It is one of those albums that stand alone as definitive ...This album is to Jazz what Never Mind the Bollocks was to punk or Nevermind was to Grunge or Legend to reggae. This album consisted originally of five pieces of music, either totally written by Miles Davis, or on two tunes at least, co ...

Tutu - Miles Davis

It stands to reason that no other jazz performer has had such an impact on the evolution of jazz as trumpeter Miles Davis . Armstrong may have invented the improvising idea, Ellington been the champion of composition and Charlie Parker may have coined the language of jazz but Miles immeasurably influenced the music in his various discernible periods of work. The 1986 album Tutu is a move on from the orchestral 50 s, the 60 s of the quintet and the fusion of the 70 s to the machine-funk area of the 80 s, a period of mixed fortunes for artist and listener alike. The casual browser and Miles fan may be drawn to the bold cover and the reflection of the times in track names ...