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Miles Davis: Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings
by Richard J Salvucci
It is hard to imagine any casual jazz fan failing a blindfold test on the vinyls on offer here. It is a game people play: how quickly can you identify the performer. A lot of horn players make it into the competition, because horns are boisterous and mimic the human voice and persona. Clark Terry, some say, requires one note. And for much of his career, starting in the mid-1950s, a compatriot and mentee of Terry's: Miles Davis was equally ...
Continue ReadingMiles Davis, Alex Stuart, The Action 4s, Derek Sherinian and Virgil Donati
by Len Davis
On the program today we revisit Miles Davis Bitches Brew with the game changing Miles Runs The Voodoo Down, to remember his birthday recently. Fresh music comes your way with Japanese pianist Kazutoshi Tosha, Aussie guitarist Alex Stuart, and prog-fusion from Soften The Glare. Plus, a new single from Sydney guitarist Kypo. We also hear from Denmarks The Action 4s with harmonica specialist Mathias Heise, the all star group Outside The Lines featuring Derek Sherinian and Virgil Donati and Brazillian ...
Continue ReadingMiles Davis: Doo-Bop-A-Lu-Wah: The Musical!
by Geno Thackara
Easy Mo Bee is a fellow who does not like to leave things unfinished. Like any good producer, he is restlessly willing to shape and hone a work until things are fine-tuned down to the smallest details--a fine quality in rap recording, where a person really needs a sharp ear for slick beats and hooks. But of course the most famous example of that dedication, at least in the jazz world, was his early-'90s collaboration with the late Miles Davis--the ...
Continue ReadingMiles In France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
by Doug Collette
At the very same time Beatlemania was slowly but surely beginning to engulf the globe, Miles Davis was inexorably proceeding toward what was the most adventurous music of his career. Miles In France -The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 captures a group of musicians led by “The Man with the Horn" on the threshold of forming what is referred to as his second great quintet, then actually coalescing into that stellar outfit. And the drama within that designation rapidly ...
Continue ReadingOJC Trumpet Titans: Miles Davis and Clark Terry
by C. Andrew Hovan
Back in 2007 when the vinyl renaissance began gaining ground in the sales arena, few would have predicted the vast amount of product that has flooded the marketplace, from obscure reissues to the unearthing of many previously unheard gems. While under the leadership of Fantasy, the Original Jazz Classics series ended up reissuing almost a thousand titles before going dormant in the late '90s. Since dusting off the moniker in 2023, Craft Recordings has brought forth a consummate selection of ...
Continue ReadingThe Sound of the Fender Rhodes, Part 1
by Len Davis
Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul and Freddie Hubbard. Classics from the '70s featuring the Fender Rhodes. This show was inspired by Chris Mays' outstanding article, Ten Supreme Fender Rhodes Albums. Playlist The Cannonball Adderly Quintet “Mini Mamma" from Why Am I treated So Bad (Blue Note) 00:00 Miles Davis “Splash" from The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions (Columbia) 10:33 Miles Davis “John McLaughlin" from Bitches Brew (Columbia) 21:06 Joe Zawinul “In A Silent Way" from Zawinul ...
Continue ReadingInterview with James Kaplan
by Patrick Burnette
What's the most famous jazz album in the world? Don't say Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins unless you have a really good excuse, like you work for Disney. And please don't name some album by Kenny G even if that's sort of true. No, of course the most famous jazz album is Kind of Blue, and our special guest this episode wrote a book on the three geniuses who brought it into being. Please enjoy this interview with author James ...
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