Complete in a Silent Way Sessions [Box set, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Miles Davis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0002199G8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,285 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #33 in Music > Jazz > Avant Garde & Free Jazz
  • #93 in Music > Jazz > Jazz Fusion

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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe the greatest Miles ensemble ever . . ., March 7, 2006

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cvairag (Allan Hancock College) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete in a Silent Way Sessions (Audio CD)

The initial Miles Davis - John McLaughlin collaboration at the peak of its perfection - with help from Tony Williams - Wayne Shorter -Ron Carter - Dave Holland - Joe Zawinul - Herbie Hancock - Chick Corea and others. The set represents the group at the end of its magical late 60's run of great studio sessions and on the verge of the wild fusion-funk period of larger, louder sound. In A Silent Way retains that particular introspective pathos and the intimacy of a smaller ensemble that helped make Miles' music singularly definitive . . . and here - the bluesy echoes mesh perfectly with Miles' new found discovery of electricity - moments before his music would spin completely off the edge - forever - a classic moment in jazz - captured here in all its precarious balance, delicacy, and depth.

40 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The soundtrack to a religious experience, September 24, 2006

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The Delite Rancher (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete in a Silent Way Sessions (Audio CD)

While I would like to provide a balanced review of this box set, I simply can not. I also want to avoid using clichés but "The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions" is one of the world's greatest recordings. It would seem that such a statement must surely be victim to hyperbole. Without overstatement, my case unapologetically stands. Once the listener hears a work of this lofty caliber, words become meaningless. This box set lives somewhere beneath a wave of adjectives like "greatest ever" "amazing" and "un-friggin' believable." This was a unique and all too brief time period for Miles. Before the gauntlet was thrown down with "[...] Brew," this was Miles' light trip music. Psychedelica is omnipresent but never overpowering. This album occupies a special place that is triangulated between rock, jazz and trance music. Either this is music to contemplate at one o'clock in the morning or this is the soundtrack to a profound meditation. The original LP seems like the "In A Silent Way" starter kit compared to this full-blown box set. Indeed, this release makes the original seem painfully short since the vibe and atmosphere is consistent. The inclusion of "Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process" is especially appreciated. The listener must ultimately ask, so how can music be played in a silent way? Miles not only contemplates this zen paradox, he finds the path and takes us along on his vision quest. Get "The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions" and take a trip with Miles Davis on his most spiritual journey.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oooof... Beautiful., September 12, 2007

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B. Hornback "Agatha Crispies" (OlyWA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete in a Silent Way Sessions (Audio CD)

I am obsessed with this set. I own a number of Miles Davis albums and sets, and this was one of my firsts and I'm still just as in love with it as the first time I heard it. Disc 1 is my favorite and sometimes I'll listen to it for hours on repeat. It was an amazing time of transition for Davis and the results are luscious and moody and so many other things rolled into one wonderful three disc collection. Highly recommended.