9/23/2023 0 Comments Byond 512![]() You see, 'Bitches Brew', for instance, at times doesn't sound as if it is I'm glad to get the stories of the sessions, the feeling of continuity, but I also hope to somehowįorget them again. Of addictive personality traits and physical deterioration, but it also somehow feels a bit too Psychological interpretation of his retirement in the years 1975-1980 sounds like a believable mix Makes good cases: Miles was a bit of a riddler with a sharp gift for emptying sound, the Personal fascination with Zen, secondly a more psychological approach. The witnesses give a rather complete portrait of the man (who couldĪlso be a demon), but Tingen adds his own interpretation of events. "I have to change, it's like a curse," he once declared like a Thing is made clear, it's that he quiet consciously did not want to get caught by expectations, ![]() Willingly sacrificed his ego if it made the music stronger. Sweet, somewhat shy man who really cared for his musicians, for music in general, and who Inevitably this turns to a discussion on who Miles Davis was, what moved him, what his goals were.Īgain his band members give the great quotes and build a surprising picture of an intelligent, The way recording sessions unfold, and just letting the protagonists say how it went, what they The book is very strong when Tingenĭescribes the process of conceptualising by Miles and his idea man du jour, his choice of players, Through interviews with all the important collaborators of this period we getĪn intimate picture of how this strange music came into being. This is the main reason Paul Tingen'sīook is invaluable. Praise, and yet the music still was something of a mystery. Metamorphosis: Bits and pieces were gathered, insight came more frequently by way of our greatestĬritics (Eshun, Reynolds, Toop), re-issues were finally released, receiving rapturous words of In the meantime, a lot remained to be said about this Saying something like: "Hey look at me, I can fly, motherfuckers!", whilst little men like CrouchĪnd his crony Wynton Marsalis shout in frustration at being stuck on earth: "No, you can't doīut let them have their staid museum jazz. ![]() Often I get the image of Miles Davis suddenly growing wings, joyfully starting to fly, The bitter words of fundamentalist critics like Stanley Crouch with the wonders this music The albums, the way the shift Miles made in 1969 with 'In a Silent Way', infecting jazz with funkĪnd rock elements, was deemed not right by the jazz establishment. Steadily collecting these worlds of sound magic, I also started to learn a bit of the story behind It never bores, you find something new every time you hear it. It remains, with 'Bitches Brew' (which followed soon), one of myįavourite albums of all time. What I heard was mind-blowing: an intricate forest of rhythm, bass, synths, a few jazz instruments,Īnd a lot of studio-trickery. ![]() Loop-style minimal rock and the onslaught of rave, I bought the vinyl version of 'On the Corner'. It was at the edges of Lester Bangs' writing that oneĬould find mentions of titles like 'Rated X' or 'On the Corner', but if you went looking for theĪlbums they were hard to get, since most of them weren't even considered for CD-reissue.Įven so, I finally got into Miles Davis (and ironically into jazz) when, in 1991, on a high from Up till the 90s these, almost forgotten, maps of Start implementing its ideas on a wider scale. Trumpet player's most radical period it took the 90s to come to terms with it musically and Greg Tate's 1983 essay 'Electric Miles' may have started the critical re-evaluation of the great Let's face it: 'Miles Beyond' had to be written in whatever form. So finally it has come to this: a critical study celebrating Miles Davis' almost perpetuallyĬontroversial electric period. ![]() Tekst: Omar Muñoz-Cremers Publicatiedatum: 21 augustus 2001īeyond Miles: The Electric Explorations of Miles Davis 1967-1991 Paul Tingen's new book 'Miles Beyond: The Electric Explorations of Miles Davis 1967-1991' provides an in-depth look at the master's last period. Miles Beyond Always an ever-inspiring innovator, MILES DAVIS had the critical purists baying for blood in his controversial electric period. ![]()
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