Muted Miles

Miles Davis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Prestige
• ASIN: B0018RWD90
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,535 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This hand-picked collection puts a softly-focused blue spotlight on the intimate and unmistakable sound of the one and only Miles Davis playing his horn with a Harmon mute. Miles's artfully nuanced playing, presented with the sonic signature of his warmly-buzzing, muted trumpet tone is, to this day, often imitated but never duplicated.

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for any Miles fan--a classic, June 15, 2008

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Johnny Boy "The Record Collector" (Hockessin, DE) - See all my reviews

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I've always been a die-hard Miles Davis fan. But I'm kind of different than any other Miles fan. Unlike most fans, my favorite sides are his Prestige sides. And 'Muted Miles' documents Miles' best sides on the Prestige label, and it features talents such as John Coltrane, Red Garland and Charles Mingus.

This collection features many of Miles' best sides on the Prestige label. I absolutely love 'Surrey With The Fringe On Top.' It's one of his all-time classic tunes.

I absolutely love Miles' take on 'In Your Own Sweet Way.' I've heard almost everybody cover that song, but Miles' version is very original. Great trumpet work throughout, one of his best Prestige sides.

During his career, Miles did many versions of the jazz standard 'Round Midnight.' This version, however, is slightly inferior to the Columbia version. It's still great, but I would recommend listening to the Columbia version over this one.

I love the opening track here, 'Just Squeeze Me.' Duke Ellington wrote this song during the early years of his career, and Miles definitely does the song justice. I think I may prefer this version over Duke's version. It's that good.

And his version of 'My Funny Valentine' is essential to any jazz fan. It's one of his best ballads, actually. The trumpet work is great throughout, and Miles' version of the song is essential to anyone's record collection.

Overall, this is highly recommended for any Miles fan. His Prestige sides are often overlooked, which is a real shame. If you have never heard his Prestige sides, than start here. This is the ideal Prestige collection. Pair it with 'Prestige Profiles' and you have a great Prestige years Miles collection.

Highly recommended for any Miles fan. A great compilation. ENJOY!!!

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars miles, sliced and diced, June 16, 2008

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P. Gleeson "Patrick Gleeson" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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OK, it's Miles and so, really, beyond criticism--I mean Shakespeare wrote some plays that were better than others, but the point remains that he's acknowledged to be the best playwrite in the history of the English language. Similarly, Miles. My gripe with this begins, specifically, with the editorial quote: "THIS HAND PICKED COLLECTION IS THE FIRST EVER TO SHOWCASE MILES DAVIS'S PERFORMANCES ON PRESTIGE," which is just nonsensical hype. I'm holding in my hot little hand "Miles Davis, Prestige Profiles" with some of the same tunes and almost all the players mentioned in the blurb--this one's got Paul Chambers or Percy Heath on bass instead--hardly a drastic fall-off in musicality or starpower. And I think I can remember several pre-CD Prestige collections that drifted out of my record library and into other libraries at various points in the last twenty-five years or so, which always happens with the very best records you used to own.

So buy this great record and enjoy it, but as your Miles Davis collection grows keep track--the record companies are slicing and dicing poor Miles so many different ways you'll end up buying the same delicious tunes and even the same performances over and over, sometimes, like this one, hyped as "a first." Not so.

5.0 out of 5 stars Miles at his Best !!, July 18, 2008

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Tawanda Turner- Brown "TTBrown" (Washington D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This is something that I had never heard before. Classic and upbeat Miles at his best. You owe it to yourself if you are a Miles Davis fan. YOu won't be disappointed .
TTB of Washington,D.C.