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Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain (Legacy Edition)The secret to creating music that stands the test of time is to create timeless music: Sketches of Spain was, and remains, quite unlike anything else created in the jazz idiom. [23 June 2009] Kind of Blue Revisited: The 50th Anniversary of the Greatest (Jazz) Album of All TimeA staple of modern music for nearly 50 years, Kind of Blue is near-impossible to hear with fresh ears. But perhaps that is precisely why it needs some re-examining. [3 December 2008] Best Jazz of 2006Will Layman's list of the year's best jazz records, a hearty baker's dozen, includes iconoclasts, eccentrics, avant-gardists, and some downright swingers. [11 December 2006] Reviews
Miles Davis: That’s What Happened, Live in Germany 1987A bleak 1987 concert by Miles Davis, reminding us that the '80s (and certain legends) are best forgotten. [22 July 2009] 
Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner SessionsColumbia/Legacy completes their acclaimed metal box series championing the career of Miles Davis with a deep examination of the album that turned the jazz world on its ear hole. [7 November 2007] 
Miles Davis: Cool & CollectedWhile this collection is definitely cool, its primary purpose is to acquaint newbies with the legend of Miles Davis. [14 November 2006] 
Miles Davis: The Legendary Prestige Quintet SessionsFour discs of the greatest American music there is. Feast. [30 June 2006] 
Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970Another sumptuous box set from the Columbia Miles Davis archives features the Live Evil Cellar Door band -- turning the corner from jazz to stellar jam-funk of the highest order. [23 September 2005] 
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (DualDisc)What, you thought this album was going to suck after 46 years? And with the bonuses on the DVD, it's even better. [10 March 2005] 
Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack JohnsonNot so revolutionary as it presumed to be in 1971, the recording presents a more conservative Miles Davis paired with John McLaughlin's blues-influenced guitar, jamming on rhythms that are mainstream now. [24 February 2005] 
Miles Davis: Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue [DVD]Love them or hate them, the events documented in Miles Electric cast giant waves upon the jazz world that would be weathered for decades to come. [22 December 2004]
Miles Davis: The Complete in a Silent Way SessionsThe set highlights many important elements to Davis's evolving sound: his quest to strip songs down to their essential parts, his shift from acoustic to electric-based music, his choice of sidemen who best play that type of music, and, in turn, his way of coaxing the best music from those sidemen. [22 October 2001] |
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