Articles by Greg Masters
For the Artists: Critical Writing, Volume 2
by Greg Masters
Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner Sessions Sony-Legacy Music, October 2007 There is no architecture and no build-up. Just a vivid, uninterrupted succession of colors, rhythms and moods." Arnold Schoenberg, describing his Five Pieces for Orchestra in a letter to Richard Strauss, 1909, quoted in The Rest is Noise, Alex Ross (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007) The music Miles Davis forged in the first half of the 1970s, his so-called electric period," is ...
read moreWe Want Miles: A Series of Reinventions
by Greg Masters
We Want Miles: Miles Davis vs. Jazz Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal Through August 29, 2010Treasures await fans of Miles Davis up in Montreal, Canada: Photos, letters, film clips, paintings, instruments, wardrobe and enough information on wall placards to bring visitors on the full journey through the life and times of one of America's greatest artists. For anyone who has read a biography of Davis, there are no ...
read moreMiles Davis: The Complete On The Corner Sessions
by Greg Masters
There is no architecture and no build-up. Just a vivid, uninterrupted succession of colors, rhythms and moods." --Arnold Schoenberg describing his Five Pieces For Orchestra in a letter to Richard Strauss, 1909, quoted in The Rest Is Noise, Alex Ross (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007) Miles DavisThe Complete On The Corner SessionsSony-Legacy Music2007 The music that trumpeter Miles Davis forged in the first half of the 1970s, his ...
read moreMiles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
by Greg Masters
For devotees of Miles Davis's so-called electric period," the full release of the music recorded live in December 1970 at the Washington, DC club The Cellar Door has long been something of a holy grail. A healthy sampling was released in 1971 on Live-Evil providing evidence that more of this sound existed. The possibility that more from this lineup was in the vault gave hope to at least many of the baby boomers I keep in touch with. With the ...
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