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- Summary: The jazz artist's album with producers Randy Hall and Attala Zane Giles was originally shelved after a few months of recording and is now completed with contributions from Davis's nephew Vince Wilburn Jr., Lalah Hathaway, Medina Johnson, and Ledisi.
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- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Genre(s): Jazz
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Classic Rock MagazineSep 4, 2019An extraordinary 11-track distillation of raw urban vitality that recaptures and resets the dizzying conversational street energy of 1972's On The Corner at the cutting edge of 80s soul. [Sep 2019, p.90]
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Sep 5, 2019When the talent is as huge a draw as Miles Davis, these feel unnecessary intrusions. This leaves us with an interesting album, but not a Davis classic, when it could have been.
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Oct 2, 2019Rubberband has been executed with genuine respect for the artist. There's enough greatness here to justify the effort. Even if we hope this doesn't launch a new kind of re-bop craze, it's still great to press play on another Miles Davis album.
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Q MagazineSep 3, 2019This late-period curio isn't one for the purists. ... A patchy affair. [Oct 2019, p.117]
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Sep 12, 2019Though some of the high-tech production gadgetry sounds dated now, back in 1985 it was a fiercely contemporary record. But while time might have blunted its cutting edge, Rubberband, for all its flaws, still fascinates.
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Sep 9, 2019Davis completists will grab this, but others may find there’s just not enough meat in the sandwich.
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Sep 6, 2019While it was unfinished and framed in '80s studio tropes, their attempt to complete it with modern charts and muddy, hip-hop-styled mix weighs down what remains of the original proceedings.
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