Audio CD review:
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead

Miles Davis - Miles Ahead

Band: Miles Davis Title: Miles Ahead Rating: Release Date: 23 September, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Springsville 2: The Maids Of Cadiz 3: The Duke 4: My Ship 5: Miles Ahead 6: Blues For Pablo 7: New Rhumba 8: The Meaning Of The Blues 9: Lament 10: I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) 11: Springsville (Remake Take 7) 12: Blues For Pablo (Take 1) 13: Medley (Rehearsal): The Meaning Of The Blues/Lament 14: I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)

Editoral Review It was perhaps the most important relationship ever forged between a jazz soloist and an arranger, for Evans excelled at finding fresh material (like Delibes's "The Maids of Cadiz") and then adding subtle voicings and blending unusual instruments to highlight Davis's central voice. These 1957 recordings were the first of Miles Davis's collaborations with arranger Gil Evans for Columbia, renewing a relationship that had begun with the Birth of the Cool sessions in 1949. Everything Evans does enhances the trumpeter's keen sense of space and his evocative sound. He could construct complex arrangements and make them fly (as on the opening "Springsville," by John Carisi), contrast Davis's voice with tuba or bass clarinet, or create the longing, Spanish-inflected "Blues for Pablo," a precursor to their later Sketches of Spain. --Stuart Broomer .. You can see a complete list of all Miles Davis discography, or go back to the Miles Davis tabs