Fusion For Miles

Ginger Baker and the DJQ20 - Coward Of The County (1999) {Atlantic 7567-83168-2}
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© 1999 Atlantic / WEA | 7567-83168-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Modern Postbebop / Fusion / Drums / Saxophone

Ginger Baker's taken the long road to a position at the height of the jazz drums family. He spent half a decade playing jazz in England before making it very, very big with Cream. Then he nearly vanished, playing drums all the while but without the fan base Cream afforded him. Then came his two head-turning jazz trio CDs Going Back Home and Falling Off the Roof, both of which featured the bass and guitar of Charlie Haden and Bill Frisell, and which won accolades and more. Following those outings is this collection from Baker's Denver Quintet to Octet (or DJQ2O), which employs a host of the finest jazzers from Colorado's biggest city. Saxophonist Fred Hess and trumpeter Ron Miles are the best known of the bunch, but the entire band plays strong postbop. The group can vamp in a minor key with strong feeling, and it can get ferociously gritty, as on "Daylight," which gets drenched in distorted electric and pedal steel guitars at once. This is a jazz ensemble that should be on the road constantly, playing to ravaged crowds; its members are talented in every way.

Miles Davis - Live in Montreal (2002) [DVD5]
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Jazz / Fusion / Trumpet

Jazz legend Miles Davis is captured performing in Montreal on this video. The man performs a half dozen songs including "One Phone Call", "Human Nature", "Something's on Your Mind", "Time After Time", "Code M.D.", and "Jean Pierre". The DVD release of the concert includes a biographical timeline of the artist's life.

Miles Davis - Miles Davis At Fillmore: Live At The Fillmore East (1970) [2CD] {1997 Columbia Remaster}
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© 1997 Sony Music / Columbia / Legacy | C2K 65139
Jazz / Fusion / Jazz Funk / Trumpet

With the critical reviews for Bitches Brew popping up in everything from local and national newspapers to jazz magazines, and Steve Grossman firmly established in the saxophone chair recently vacated by Wayne Shorter, Miles threw his band a curve ball. He added Keith Jarrett on organ to a group that already included bassist Dave Holland, electric pianist Chick Corea, percussionist Airto Moreira, and drummer Jack DeJohnette for a four-night stand at the Fillmore East. This double-LP/CD package puts together selections from each night, without regard for repetition. It's fine that there are numerous performances of certain tunes: the problem is that, although the music is compelling, it's schizophrenic because there are no full performances on the final release; they were all edited severely (as was standard practice by Teo Macero and Davis).

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Live (2011) {Columbia–Legacy 88697 81485 2 rec 1969-1970}
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© 1969-70, 2011 Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | 88697 81485 2
Jazz / Fusion / Jazz-Rock / Trumpet

Before looking into the musical quality on Bitches Brew Live, it's important to note for cost-conscious consumers that none of this material appeared on the Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition or the 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. The material contained here is compiled from two concert performances. The first three tracks were taken from the Newport Jazz Festival in July of 1969, preceding the release of the album by nine months. The last six were recorded at 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, four months after the album hit store shelves.

Miles Davis Sextet - Live At The Hollywood Bowl 1981 (2010) {Gambit Records 69319}
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© 1981, 2010 Gambit Records | 69319
Jazz / Fusion / Post Bop / Trumpet

PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED! A complete never before released Miles Davis performance with his 1981 sextet with very good sound quality. Recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the show was taped during Miles' comeback tour after a five-year absence from music (during which time he didn't play or record at all). The concert presents a blend of tunes from his albums The Man With the Horn and We Want Miles, plus a delightful version of "My Man's Gone Now" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and one of the most important figures in jazz music history, and music history in general. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Winner of eight Grammy awards…

Miles Davis - Munich Concert (1988) {3CD Set IMC Music DEL 800111 rel 2005}
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© 1988, 2005 IMC Music | DEL 800111
Jazz / Fusion / Jazz Funk / Trumpet

Outstanding three CD set featuring the entire July 1988 15 song performance at the Munich Philharmonic Concert Hall plus a blistering 35 minute version of 'Call It Anything' taken from his1970 Isle of Wight Festival show. The Munich concert features able assistance from Kenny Garrett, Bobby Irving, Adam Holzman and Joseph McCreary amongst others while the Isle of Wight track features Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette.

Laurent Cugny & Orchestre National De Jazz - Yesternow (1994) {Verve 522 511-2} (Miles Davis related)
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© 1994 Verve / Phonogram-Polygram | 522 511-2
Jazz / Modern Big Band / Contemporary Jazz / Fusion

I'm very fond of Miles' '70s "electric" period, especially the dark, deep live albums he recorded during this time (namely Dark Magus and Agharta). This disc, which gives MD the big-band treatment, offers many pleasures of its own, although, for my money, neither Cugny nor anyone else (save maybe Bill Laswell) has ever reached the same primal place that Miles did during this time. Excellent album! This album is something special. Great atmosphere, 60 minutes of pure enjoying.

Miles Davis - The Columbia Years 1955-1985 (1988) {4CD Set Columbia C4K 86569}
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© 1988 Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | C4K 86569
Jazz / Cool / Modal Music / Jazz Funk / Fusion / Trumpet

This was the first real attempt by Columbia to make any comprehensive sense of Miles Davis' colossal output for the label. This set, then, was bound to be controversial no matter how it turned out, but even so, Columbia could have done better with a strictly chronological approach. Instead producer/compiler Jeff Rosen had the cockeyed notion of organizing each of the original five LPs around a single theme.