by
Miles Davis
- Record Label: Columbia
- Release Date: Jul 17, 2015
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Aug 17, 2015Summer is traditionally the season for unearthing treasures from the jazz archives, and this is a real prize.
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Jul 24, 2015Standing in sharp contrast with the 1950s performances, these recordings are furious, emotionally charged and borderline unhinged. It’s an exhilarating contrast that, when listened through start to finish, charts the creative journey of a true musical genius.
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MojoJul 17, 2015What's really mind-blowing is the audio quality of that initial 60-year-old performance (and indeed, the box set in general), which is so lucid that it sounds as if Miles is in the room playing right next to you. [Aug 2015, p.106]
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UncutJul 17, 2015Time is squeezed and stretched in new ways, exotic timbres are distilled on the spot, and this freeform funk still scorches the air. [Aug 2015, p.91]
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Jul 17, 2015Miles never performed songs the same way twice, so these still carry surprises.
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Jul 17, 2015A four-CD, 20-year cornucopia of live performances that show that evolution in real time, drawing on his appearances at the globe-roving Newport Jazz Festival with diverse collaborators.
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The WireSep 15, 2015What makes this set so compelling is its mapping of the rapid shifts in Davis's music within shorter periods. [Oct 2015, p.68]
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Sep 15, 2015If you can get past the non-audiophile recording, there’s some great music here.
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Sep 14, 2015Hearing it all together, over four discs, his innovations don’t seem as radical as they might have been considered at the time, but they’re nonetheless fascinating to devour.
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Q MagazineJul 30, 2015The remaining selections cover Newport appearances from all the major phases of his career. [Sep 2015, p.119]
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Jul 24, 2015You can quibble with the inclusion of familiar material in a Bootleg Series package, but you can't argue--not yet, at least--with the unreleased depths of the Davis vault.
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Jul 23, 2015What’s significant about this box set is that it illustrates the major phases of Miles’ career in a live context, charting his journey from hard bop--via modal jazz and free bop--to jazz-rock and avant-funk.
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Jul 17, 2015There are four hours of previously unreleased music here, and the production and liner notes are typically classy.
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Jul 17, 2015These performances mark the apotheosis of a creative journey that began at Newport two decades earlier.