At Newport 1958 [Original recording remastered, Live]

Miles Davis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1958
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Live
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00005B58X
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,980 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miles in stride, April 4, 2002

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Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At Newport 1958 (Audio CD)

There's certainly nothing inferior, nothing missed or bungled on this set, which Columbia inexplicably held for 6 years before its initial release, then waited another 20 for a subsequent release, finally producing this bright and bracing remastered version.

Miles is definitely out to prove that the loss of two key members of his previous sextet--pianist Red Garland and percussionist Philly Joe Jones--was in no way injurious to its level of creativity or intensity. The tempos are way up (as Miles was inclined to call them when not in the studio), and Coltrane tears through changes like a man possessed--a harbinger of what was to come, but at an earlier stage than many listeners might have previously assumed.

Anyone who has read Peter Pettinger's biography of Bill Evans is aware of the tensions--racial as well as musical--that Bill felt during his relatively brief stint with Miles. Caught between the onslaught of Coltrane and Cannonball, it's a wonder that he gets heard at all. But he chooses his moments carefully, and makes the most of each, making the album an especially valuable record of the band during Bill's occupation of the piano chair. And Paul Chambers is a bedrock through the entire session.

Miles was the "enabler," placing Coltrane and Evans together on the same stage from which each would depart to become, arguably, the two most influential voices in jazz post-1960. Coltrane was the "winner" on this date, but the Evans' influence would prevail when Miles summoned Bill to rejoin the band for its recording a year later on what would become the most successful, popular, seminal jazz album of all time, "Kind of Blue."

"Miles at Newport 1958" represents a key chapter in the story of jazz after bebop, and this reissued, expertly remastered recording helps make up for the exclusion of Miles' group in "Jazz on a Summer's Day," the highly regarded filming of the 1958 festival.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pre-Kind of Blue, Post-Milestones, April 24, 2001

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Bryan (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At Newport 1958 (Audio CD)

The music on this CD was captured live, July 3, 1958 at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. The sextet was: Miles Davis (trumpet), Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums).

It originally appeared on the box set Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961, but have since been lifted, remixed and remastered in the form you see here today. The majority of tracks have already appeared on two previous studio albums, Round about Midnight and Milestones. In a live setting the music soars and the interaction between the artists shine. This CD also captures an important time in jazz history. It gives you a snapshot of where Miles Davis is eight months before he records the phenomenal album, Kind of Blue.

If you don't own Kind of Blue, I must recomend that you buy it first. They are completely different on a jazz level. Kind of Blue is cool modality, chill. It is, arguably, one of the greatest albums ever recorded. It might change your life. At Newport 1958, is a great album, but it's more of a cooking dinner with friends on Saturday night kind of album.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's not Kind of Blue 2, but it's still Miles., July 16, 2001

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"jdpedersen" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At Newport 1958 (Audio CD)

Someone who buys this might expect another "Kind of Blue," being that this was recorded with the same group, only eight months beforehand. However, this is MUCH different. "Kind of Blue" is laid back, cool. This is very agressive. "Ah-leu-cha" gets your feet tapping, in particular, and the whole set is enjoyable. I liked "The Theme" and "Fran-Dance." There are a few problems: Chambers' bass is not quite loud enough, so some of the songs have a weird, unaccompanied feel. Miles sometimes goes out of his range, and I didn't always get what Coltrane was going for. And Evans seems to get lost a few times. But still, good music and worth a listen. But I wouldn't necessarily call it essential Miles. More for the Miles fan.