Miles Davis Appreciation Thread

Excellent idea, Matt. KOB, Round Midnight & Birth... were my first three - given to me as presents so they were my first.

All those Quintet albums are great. Miles Smiles is my fave but ESP, Nerfertiti and Sorceror are close. I have Milestones going at the moment. I suppose my favourite Hard Bop album followed by Round Midnight. The actual first Miles album I bought was Bitches Brew.

Right now, I rangef rom Birth (still in my outgoing pile of CD) all the way until Agharta...

Sean Trane wrote: Right now, I rangef rom Birth (still in my outgoing pile of CD) all the way until Agharta...   Once I'll have gotten rid of Birth (I need shelf space), my earliets Miles will be KoB and SoS, both from 59.   I was never really into 80's Miles, the main exception being that OST of The Hot Spot, with Taj Mahal and more

Not mad on Birth, Sean. I am not that wrapped myself. I would rather hear his early stuff with Parker any day. I have mine in the garage with all the eighties albums. You need to get "Round Midnight" and the last four Prestige albums he did in one shot. "Walkin", "Steamin" etc.  "Bags Groove" is another early essential on Prestige. Sonny is in the band

Edited by Matt - 09 Feb 2012 at 1:29pm

Matt wrote: Sean Trane wrote: Right now, I rangef rom Birth (still in my outgoing pile of CD) all the way until Agharta...   Once I'll have gotten rid of Birth (I need shelf space), my earliets Miles will be KoB and SoS, both from 59.   I was never really into 80's Miles, the main exception being that OST of The Hot Spot, with Taj Mahal and more Not mad on Birth, Sean. I am not that wrapped myself. I would rather hear his early stuff with Parker any day. I have mine in the garage with all the eighties albums. You need to get "Round Midnight" and the last four Prestige albums he did in one shot. "Walkin", "Steamin" etc.  "Bags Groove" is another early essential on Prestige. Sonny is in the band

They were great and and not a dud in them . I love Walkin' but I am a sucker for a ballad sometimes with the album opening, "It Never Entered My Mind" but the other albums have some great stuff. All Great. These albums have all those early standards that he played. He did it to finish up his contract with Prestige so he could start with Columbia. Amazing the quality of the albums. There would not have been too many takes.  Freshness I love.I'd rather have the odd small mistake. Anyway gives it that little bit of Live touch I suppose. Something about it. It is hard to explain exactly why but there is a difference.  I know one thing though when an album is over produced it can wreck it.

He's aight.

The Miles Davis bug bit me recently, Ive been listening to a couple Miles albums here and there, and currently going way back to Birth of the Cool. Ive been particularly craving more of his non-fusion albums, and yesterday decided to pick up this album, the only Second Great Quintet album I didn't have. I expected no less than absolute quality, and for $6 bucks, I couldn't pass it up.

I concur, and $6 that's great stuff all by itself

My favorite Miles goes way back.The Walking Album with J.J<Johnson.Milt Jackson.I especially liked the tenor solo on that album.I admired all his changes through the years.