Miles Davies

Miles Davis - On The Crest Of The Airwaves (2011) {4CD Set Rock Melon Music RMBOX3 rec 1970, 1988}
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© 1970, 1988, 2011 Rock Melon Music | RMBOX3
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Fusion / Trumpet

4 x CD in book/DVD-style tall packaging. Containing 3 rare and previously unreleased concerts from San Francisco 1970, England 1970 and Melbourne Australia 1988. These concerts highlight the genius that was Miles Davies and are also an important piece of jazz history. All discs have been digitally remastered for superior sound quality .The iconic artwork and in dept sleeve notes make this a must have release for all true jazz fans.

Don Cherry - Hear & Now (1977) {Atlantic–Wounded Bird WOU8217 rel 2007}
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© 1977, 2007 Atlantic / Wounded Bird Records | WOU 8217
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Fusion / Jazz Rock / Trumpet

Back in the seventies when jazz/rock fusion was starting to take place, most people were concentrating on Mahavishnu Orchestra , Return To Forever, Weather Report and Tony Williams Lifetime. Those groups were the defacto jazz/fusion pioneers which came out of Miles Davies's influence. Now, almost 30 years later when I listen to Don Cherrys Here And Now, I feel that this album is as great a collection of music as all of the others I mentioned although it never received as much notoriety. This is a great CD which leans a bit more on the Jazz side of the fusion movement. It never gets old.

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