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Well, I done went and done it now. Always passed Miles Davis in the jazz section and thought, ahh, it's old stuff, probably not recorded to well, though I knew Miles was good.
Tonight, I searched the jazz archives of my local Disc Exchange for something to purchase. I saw one of those yellow description tags on a CD of Miles, and the tag said:
"Jazz Masterpiece
Perhaps the most influential & best-selling jazz record ever made. The Definitive Version!
One rare bonus track added, a stunning alternate of "Flamenco Sketches".
Finest soud ever, newly mixed & 20 bit remastered
Great liner notes by Critic Robert Palmer, and original liners by Pianist Bill Evans
Rare & previously unpublished session photos.
Produced for reissue by Michael Cuscuna
Columbia/legacy/jazz Best Value
Well, it's Miles 75 anniversary, and given all he contributed to jazz, it was time for me to give him a try. I noticed on the CD named:
Kind of Blue that John Coltrane was on the CD as well as Miles!!! I said, that's a deal maker. I know Coltrane is perhaps as widely heralded as Miles even.
I bought it, along with a used copy of Shrek, lol. Came home, ripped the celo off and fired up my Rega Jupiter. Let me just say it was fitting that it was on a Jupiter, because the sound was out of this world!
Very laid back, swingy at times, the constant tingle of the classic jazz cymbal lick often. a tight and resolute snare drum, and the awesome tonal delight of a trumpet made to sing like no other, and that Coltrane sax, is there another like it?
In short, 4 stars on this Jazz CD guys, if you don't have it, get it, you won't regret it for a second-
Lex
Tonight, I searched the jazz archives of my local Disc Exchange for something to purchase. I saw one of those yellow description tags on a CD of Miles, and the tag said:
"Jazz Masterpiece
Perhaps the most influential & best-selling jazz record ever made. The Definitive Version!
One rare bonus track added, a stunning alternate of "Flamenco Sketches".
Finest soud ever, newly mixed & 20 bit remastered
Great liner notes by Critic Robert Palmer, and original liners by Pianist Bill Evans
Rare & previously unpublished session photos.
Produced for reissue by Michael Cuscuna
Columbia/legacy/jazz Best Value
Well, it's Miles 75 anniversary, and given all he contributed to jazz, it was time for me to give him a try. I noticed on the CD named:
Kind of Blue that John Coltrane was on the CD as well as Miles!!! I said, that's a deal maker. I know Coltrane is perhaps as widely heralded as Miles even.
I bought it, along with a used copy of Shrek, lol. Came home, ripped the celo off and fired up my Rega Jupiter. Let me just say it was fitting that it was on a Jupiter, because the sound was out of this world!
Very laid back, swingy at times, the constant tingle of the classic jazz cymbal lick often. a tight and resolute snare drum, and the awesome tonal delight of a trumpet made to sing like no other, and that Coltrane sax, is there another like it?
In short, 4 stars on this Jazz CD guys, if you don't have it, get it, you won't regret it for a second-
Lex
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