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Article: Extended Analysis

Miles Davis Boxes: Jack Johnson and At The Blackhawk

by Doug Collette
November 23, 2003

If Legacy's ongoing Miles Davis reissue program has proved anything, it’s that there’s never too much of the man’s music. And that goes for scholars as well as fans, because the insight offered into the man with the horn’s creative process is an invaluable tool for understanding not just how Miles worked with musicians and producers, ...

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Article: Album Review

Miles Davis: Complete In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk

Read "Complete In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 16, 2003

In terms of remote recording, jazz more than any other type of music is most naturally found in its creative element. Musicians are most apt to improvise freely without thought to time limits when on the bandstand, and the nonverbal communication with the audience can certainly boost adrenaline levels, which in turn increases the intensity of ...

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Betty Davis: Betty Davis

Read "Betty Davis" reviewed by John Ballon

by John Ballon
October 31, 2003

"If Betty were singing today she be something like Madonna, something like Prince, only as a woman. She was the beginning of all that when she was singing as Betty Davis." —Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography.The former wife of Miles, Betty Mabry Davis is perhaps the only woman in the world ...

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Article: Must Hear Review

Miles Davis: The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions

by John Ballon
October 27, 2003

I never waited as impatiently for a boxed set to be released as I did for this one. I assumed that the only thing that could possibly be better than In A Silent Way was The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions , because there would be so much more of it. Now that I have ...

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Article: Book Review

So What: Reconciling Miles the Man and his Music

by Matthew Wuethrich
October 16, 2003

So What John Szwed Simon & Schuster 2002 After reading Miles’ autobiography, writer Pearl Cleage related in a 1990 essay how and why she decided to stop listening to Miles Davis’ music. Entitled “Mad at Miles,” the essay challenges the reader with this image: “Can we make love to the ...

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Article: Album Review

Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions

Read "The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions" reviewed by A. Henkin

by A. Henkin
October 8, 2003

The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions completes the trifecta Columbia began with similar treatments to In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. Five discs, recorded from February 1969 to June 1970, comprising material available on 5 albums and including 34 previously unissued tracks, paints a rich portrait of the time period. The set does ...

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Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions

Read "The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
September 25, 2003

For many reasons, Jack Johnson never got the attention it deserved. For one, Columbia chose not to market the 1971 Miles Davis release as aggressively as its contemporary, Miles Davis at Fillmore East. And the LP was a soundtrack for an obscure boxing movie, which wasn't exactly a huge draw. And it disposed of much of ...

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Miles Davis: In Person At The Blackhawk

Read "In Person At The Blackhawk" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
June 25, 2003

Note: this four disc reissue includes two original 1961 Columbia releases: Friday Night At The Blackhawk, Complete (Volume 1) AC2K 8709 Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, Complete (Volume 2) AC2K 87100 Here's a transitional band at the height of its powers. Such was the longevity and variety of Davis's career that this ...

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Miles Davis: The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions

Read "The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions" reviewed by Aaron Rogers

by Aaron Rogers
June 25, 2003

In March of 1969, Miles Davis told Washington Post journalist Hollie West, “I have to change. It's like a curse." Not only did Davis live up to his Picasso-like evolution in 1969 with the power of a “curse," but his music held the jazz and rock worlds with a spell-binding voodoo. Nowhere in ...

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Miles Davis: In Person Friday Night At The Blackhawk, Complete, Volume I

Read "In Person Friday Night At The Blackhawk, Complete, Volume I" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
May 6, 2003

The three sets that grace this two-CD volume were recorded April 21, 1961 in San Francisco. Miles Davis was in his prime. His rhythm section was tight. And since this was a nightclub appearance, the quintet’s improvisation continues for extended periods. The tracks vary in length, but most run for ten minutes or more, giving the ...