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Miles Davis – Miles In The Sky

Miles in the Sky is a studio album by American trumpeter and composer Miles Davis, released on July 22, 1968, by Columbia Records.

Miles Davis – Star People

Star Peopleis a 1983 album recorded by Miles Davis and issued by Columbia Records. It is the third release after the trumpeter’s six-year hiatus.

Reception

AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated:”On this 1983 release, Miles Davis rediscovers the blues. He really stretches out on “Star People,” making dramatic use of silence and placing each note carefully. “Come Get It” is also memorable although “U ‘n’ I” (which had the potential to catch on) is only heard in a truncated version. In general Davis is in fine form on this set and, although saxophonist Bill Evans is barely heard from (many of his solos were edited out), the contrasting guitars of Mike Stern and John Scofield hold one’s interest.”

"I'll play it first and tell you what it is later."

~ Miles Davis

Che cosa accomuna la psicologia analitica di Carl Gustav Jung e il jazz visionario di Miles Davis?

Una sigla di tre lettere: ESP, Extra Sensory Perception.

Da un lato, Jung ha esplorato i territori dell'inconscio collettivo, delle intuizioni improvvise e delle connessioni che sfuggono alla logica lineare. Dall'altro, nel 1965, Miles Davis pubblica l'album E.S.P., trasformando la percezione extrasensoriale in un'esperienza sonora.

Con Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter e Tony Williams, il secondo grande quintetto di Davis raggiunge un livello di dialogo musicale quasi telepatico: nessuno accompagna, tutti ascoltano, tutti anticipano.

Brani come E.S.P., Little One, Iris e Agitation raccontano una forma di comunicazione che va oltre le parole e perfino oltre le note.

L'ESP, allora, non è solo un fenomeno paranormale: è la metafora di ciò che accade quando intuizione, creatività e ascolto profondo si incontrano.

Miles Davis – We Want Miles

We Want Miles is a double album recorded by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1981, produced by Teo Macero and released by Columbia Records in 1982. The album combines recordings from the first live appearances by Davis in more than five years, at Boston’s Kix Club, on June 27, 1981. Other tracks were recorded at Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, on July 5, and a specially prepared stage at Nishi-Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan, October 4 of that year.

Reception

AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated:”Davis’s second recording since ending his six-year retirement was one of his best of the 1980s. Unlike his bands from the 1970s, this particular unit leaves plenty of space and plays much more melodically. Guitarist Mike Stern lets loose some fury, but electric bassist Marcus Miller is not reluctant to walk now and then in a straight-ahead fashion, drummer Al Foster and percussionist Mino Cinelu are tasteful, and Bill Evans gets in a few good spots on soprano. As for Davis, he was gradually regaining his earlier form. This double LP is highlighted by “Back Seat Betty,” a side-long investigation of “My Man’s Gone Now” and two versions of Davis’s childlike “Jean Pierre.””

This album won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Soloist.

Miles Davis – Doo-Bop

Doo-Bop is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. It was recorded with hip hop producer Easy Mo Bee and released posthumously on June 30, 1992, by Warner Bros. Records. The album was received unfavorably by most critics, although it won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance the following year.

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Miles Davis – Aura

Aurais a concept album by Miles Davis, produced by Danish composer/trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, released in 1989. All compositions and arrangements are by Mikkelborg, who created the suite in tribute when Davis received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize in December 1984, the year Decoy was released.

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