That interview with Foley is the sweetest, most affectionate thing I've ever heard anyone say about Miles, and I've met Quincy Troupe. Thanks for digging that up. I've never been able to stand the synth-heaviness of the 80s stuff, the flat-toned groove, but the live cuts of Time After Time and the stuff recently released from Columbia before the switch to Warners really do demonstrate yet another shift in MIles that stayed haunting and good. Now go listen to Bitches Brew and Jack Johnson and In A silent Way and Dark Magus and On the Corner and get your mind blown by the really hard stuff.
Or, Nefertiti and Fille De Kilimanjaro. It's ALL so good. Miles is a depthless pool full of wonder.
I love pretty much everything recording with the second quintet, and essentially whichever one I"m listening to at the moment is the best, and so Miles in the Sky is definitely excellent. But man, Nefertititi, E.S.P., and Miles Smiles are ALSO the cream. Just firing on all cylinders. John McLaughlin on Jack Johnson! THREE guitarists on Dark Magus! My god, how to choose!
That interview with Foley is the sweetest, most affectionate thing I've ever heard anyone say about Miles, and I've met Quincy Troupe. Thanks for digging that up. I've never been able to stand the synth-heaviness of the 80s stuff, the flat-toned groove, but the live cuts of Time After Time and the stuff recently released from Columbia before the switch to Warners really do demonstrate yet another shift in MIles that stayed haunting and good. Now go listen to Bitches Brew and Jack Johnson and In A silent Way and Dark Magus and On the Corner and get your mind blown by the really hard stuff.
Or, Nefertiti and Fille De Kilimanjaro. It's ALL so good. Miles is a depthless pool full of wonder.
Yes to Bitches Brew, In a Silent Way, On the Corner, and MILES IN THE SKY. This is the cream of the crop.
I love pretty much everything recording with the second quintet, and essentially whichever one I"m listening to at the moment is the best, and so Miles in the Sky is definitely excellent. But man, Nefertititi, E.S.P., and Miles Smiles are ALSO the cream. Just firing on all cylinders. John McLaughlin on Jack Johnson! THREE guitarists on Dark Magus! My god, how to choose!
recently copped a Dark Magus MoFi vinyl. it is nasty AF!