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| 5.0 classic | "Be Like Water" or broke like an oak | February 26th 22 |
MasterChef album 5/5
(dont be misguided by the sputnik rating )
Released in October 1957 by Columbia Records.
It was Davis' first collaboration with arranger Gil Evans following the Birth of the Cool
sessions. Along with their subsequent collaborations Porgy and Bess (1959) and Sketches of
Spain (1960),
Miles Ahead is one of the most famous recordings of Third Stream.
Fusion of; Jazz/Classical/World music.
Miles Davis - Flugelhorn
Bernie Glow - Lead trumpet
Ernie Royal, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, John Carisi - Trumpets
Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett - Trombones
Tom Mitchell - Bass trombone
Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda, Jim Buffington - French horn
Bill Barber - Tuba
Lee Konitz - Alto sax
Danny Bank - Bass clarinet
Romeo Penque, Sid Cooper -Flute and clarinet
Paul Chambers - Double bass
Art Taylor - Drums
Wynton Kelly - Piano
Gil Evans - Arranger and Conductor
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| 3.0 good | Alabaster Jones | December 2nd 15 |
It seems like a peculiar decision to have one of the greatest jazz innovators of all time have a piece orchestrated for him and a roughly twenty member band, but that's what Gil Evans opted to go with here. Davis and Evans would collaborate again after this, but this is the first of their collaborations and the first time Davis has worked with orchestrated pieces since Birth Of The Cool. Some of the songs on here are really great, like "The Maids Of Cadiz", "My Ship", and "New Rhumba", but more often than not songs off of the record will feel inconsequential, and sometimes even boring. They're nice to hear, but nothing really jumps out at you. It really feels like Davis is being restricted, and while there's no problem with more subdued jazz, it seems like it's holding itself back from being a truly fantastic and memorable listen. In all, this is certainly not the best of Gil Evans and Miles Davis' collaborations, but it is a pretty nice and occasionally really great listen nonetheless.
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| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | February 8th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Araz | February 20th 23 |
| 2.5 average | GamamJ | December 3rd 20 |
| 3.0 good | remi | May 22nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ToT720 | December 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | JoeFar | December 4th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | solrage | October 20th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | October 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | January 2nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Rodrigo | November 2nd 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Kinch | June 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | urzadek | December 17th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | plato66 | October 3rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | cuki92 | January 25th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Skipdog | September 21st 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Muzix | May 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | wylpyl | November 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | SadGonzo | September 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IAJP | August 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smevin | February 8th 10 |
| 3.5 great | orlok | March 26th 09 |
| 3.5 great | John L | April 17th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Steeed | January 18th 08 |
| 3.5 great | systool | November 19th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Sleepy | November 10th 07 |
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