Miles Davis & Horns

Miles Davis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Y39
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,553 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Turning up the heat on the cool, July 24, 2009

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Matthew Watters (Vietnam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miles Davis & Horns (Audio CD)

It's hard to understand all the talk about Miles's drug habit causing his playing to be inferior during the early 1950s. This is, after all, the period during which Miles was cementing his status as a major star in jazz, and the aural evidence simply doesn't support the conclusion that he was off his game somehow. On this lovely album, for instance, Miles is still developing his mature approach, and it's great to hear him playing these long, lyric lines in the style of Kenny Dorham, all on an open horn with a brassy tonality. In a few short years, he wouldn't be playing like this anymore, but you can still hear that melancholy, introspective quality to the playing that is purely Miles. The overall atmosphere on these sessions is a sort of relaxed, late-night version of hard bop, a hotter version of the cool, if you will. As for the supporting players here, pianist John Lewis is superb, and while I honestly can't tell if its Al Cohn or Zoot Sims playing, the horn ensembles are nice. That's really my only quibble with this record: the cuts tend to be far too short, with solos by Sonny Rollins, trombonist Bennie Green and Cohn/Sims kept to a single chorus. It puts the spotlight thoroughly on Miles' longer solos, however, and he's in fine fettle.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a sound!!!, March 7, 2006

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S. de Filippis "Italian Irish American" (The Good Ol' USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miles Davis & Horns (Audio CD)

Hearing this recording makes me regret that I wasn't around in the 1950's to actually catch this music as it was happening. Miles Davis was truly a visionary and was able to capture moods like noone else. This is early Miles, and he performs with big names like Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Kenny Clarke, Zoot Sims, and John Lewis. The sound gives the vision of the 1950's urban jungles that came alive at night...Kerouac's American Night. This is a must have for any jazz fan.

4.0 out of 5 stars What's not to like?, January 19, 2011

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Kit (DEER ISLE, ME, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miles Davis & Horns (Audio CD)

I'm commenting on the four cuts from '53 -- what a great band and what a happy-sounding Miles! Zoot and Al are always a treat to hear and Cohn's four compositions are ear-catching and memorable. Good, solid swinging stuff recalls a more innocent time. I consider the other tracks a nice extra but I think the disc is worth buying just for the four nicely-arranged Cohn originals.