Miles Davis

[ThaSaltCracka]

ok I will, explain fusion for me.

[turnipmonster]

it's kind of like jazz-rock, can be very frantic/erratic. you might like bitches brew, but it is nothing like headhunters, which I would consider more jazz-funk.

[KJS]

Not sure what Hancock he suggested, but if was the Headhunters-era stuff, be sure to check out both Bobby Hutcherson (Oblique and Happenings) and Andrew Hill (Judgement). All great CDs that have that same 1960's sound but with vibes to compliment all the great piano work.

KJS

[turnipmonster]

good call!

[xadrez]

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Not sure what Hancock he suggested, but if was the Headhunters-era stuff, be sure to check out both Bobby Hutcherson (Oblique and Happenings) and Andrew Hill (Judgement). All great CDs that have that same 1960's sound but with vibes to compliment all the great piano work.

KJS

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Check out Duke Pearson's "The Phantom" for some nice Bobby Hutcherson vibe work.

[Moneyline]

Excellent suggestions, but I have to add In A Silent Way to the mix. It's from the same time period as Bitches Brew, and IMO a superior album. In fact, In a Silent Way is probably my favorite jazz album of all time.

EDIT: I lied, Coltrane Jazz is my favorite jazz album... but In a Silent Way is damn good.

[dynamite]

So What, Four, All Blues, Walkin, and Straight No Chaser are my favorites.

[turnipmonster]

when I was first getting into jazz, someone lent me mile davis' autobiography (which is AWESOME) and he spent a whole chapter raving about tony williams. so I go to the cd store and get the first miles record I can find with tony, which is in a silent way. great record, not the best place to hear tony play, since he plays quarter notes on a hi hat for 30 minutes straight [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

[turnipmonster]

one quick comment. in general, in jazz you want to think albums as opposed to tracks. miles ahead for instance is arranged as an unbroken work the whole way through, from start to finish. listening to just one track or in random order in my opinion sort of diminishes the value of it a little, it's like looking at the corner of a painting instead of the whole thing.

just my opinion obviously, I just can't imagine listening to one part of "a love supreme" or something like that, and feel the same way about a lot of miles' work.

edit: the other thing that's hard about tracks and jazz is that jazz musicians record the same songs lots throughout their career, but the playing/improvising is always different. someone said "seven steps to heaven", which is a great song, but I have at least 10 different recordings of miles playing it and they are all different.
--turnipmonster

[peachy]

i love "It never entered my mind" and "straight no chaser"