Thanks for the typically great writeup. Fun title for your post, and for the new "reissue" as well. Miles's quote about issuing the glut from the vaults "after I'm dead" was so spot on, Miles knew. This one might have been the first time all the material from 5/26/58 was issued in one place: https://www.discogs.com/master/285470-Miles-Davis-1958-Miles
There is a 60th anniversary release of “A Love Supreme” out now. What’s special about it? Just what I’d call decorative elements: This limited 60th anniversary edition is pressed on diamond clear vinyl and housed in a special jacket printed on silver mirror board with embossed elements.
OMG, I hate browsing Miles and Coltrane albums on Apple Music streaming! These complex discographies are such a mess, the services could do a much better job of organizing them for the listener
Sometimes All Music Guide lists the various releases, but the ratings are just about the music. For critiques of the various releases it takes a lot of digging.
To be truthful I will listen to jazz on occasion. I am 72 years old, so my roots are pretty dug into the type of music I enjoy. My cousin, who is the same age as me, loves jazz. He is on the road a lot still doing investigative work part time for an insurance company. His radio in his car has the satellite feed so he can get jazz and if I am with him that is what we listen to. So, there are still some diehard fans out there.
I still listen to the records I loved as a kid--favorites tend to stick with you. Jazz has always been part of the music mix in the soundtrack of my life, though over the last decade it has taken up a higher percentage...you never know how things may change!
I've always said that had Miles Davis's May 26, 1958 session been issued as an LP at the time, it would now be regarded as one of his best, if brief, albums. It's good to see it being released as such. Thank you for writing about it!
You write that the session produced three ballads and one swinger (or words to that effect). After the rubato introduction, "On Green Dolphin Street" is also a swinger and contains some incendiary Coltrane and Adderly. (Miles's solo is in "two" à la Jamal.)
I was so pleased when I saw that Davis's 1963 Antibes concerts were being issued in toto. I have long had all of that material in digital form, and absolutely love it. What a band!
Thank you, Carl. Very kind and thoughtful comments, and yes—incendiary Trane/Adderley indeed in that more-briskly-paced than I may have inferred "On Green Dolphin Street." It has been a terrific year for Miles projects!
Great read x
Thanks so much Andy! Hope you're well!
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Thanks for the typically great writeup. Fun title for your post, and for the new "reissue" as well. Miles's quote about issuing the glut from the vaults "after I'm dead" was so spot on, Miles knew. This one might have been the first time all the material from 5/26/58 was issued in one place: https://www.discogs.com/master/285470-Miles-Davis-1958-Miles
Thanks for all the kind words!
Hey Syd, you make me want to buy every album you write about! Stop it! Great work, thanks.
There is a 60th anniversary release of “A Love Supreme” out now. What’s special about it? Just what I’d call decorative elements: This limited 60th anniversary edition is pressed on diamond clear vinyl and housed in a special jacket printed on silver mirror board with embossed elements.
As for Spotify, they suck at paying artists.
OMG, I hate browsing Miles and Coltrane albums on Apple Music streaming! These complex discographies are such a mess, the services could do a much better job of organizing them for the listener
Sometimes All Music Guide lists the various releases, but the ratings are just about the music. For critiques of the various releases it takes a lot of digging.
Syd bringing the goods again!!
To be truthful I will listen to jazz on occasion. I am 72 years old, so my roots are pretty dug into the type of music I enjoy. My cousin, who is the same age as me, loves jazz. He is on the road a lot still doing investigative work part time for an insurance company. His radio in his car has the satellite feed so he can get jazz and if I am with him that is what we listen to. So, there are still some diehard fans out there.
I still listen to the records I loved as a kid--favorites tend to stick with you. Jazz has always been part of the music mix in the soundtrack of my life, though over the last decade it has taken up a higher percentage...you never know how things may change!
I've always said that had Miles Davis's May 26, 1958 session been issued as an LP at the time, it would now be regarded as one of his best, if brief, albums. It's good to see it being released as such. Thank you for writing about it!
You write that the session produced three ballads and one swinger (or words to that effect). After the rubato introduction, "On Green Dolphin Street" is also a swinger and contains some incendiary Coltrane and Adderly. (Miles's solo is in "two" à la Jamal.)
I was so pleased when I saw that Davis's 1963 Antibes concerts were being issued in toto. I have long had all of that material in digital form, and absolutely love it. What a band!
Again, thanks for writing!
Thank you, Carl. Very kind and thoughtful comments, and yes—incendiary Trane/Adderley indeed in that more-briskly-paced than I may have inferred "On Green Dolphin Street." It has been a terrific year for Miles projects!
His legacy spans decades, and multiple recording and listening formats.
and long may it run!