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    Posted: March 15 2010 at 22:56
Miles davis has huge range of albums - which ones are essential? Which is the ultimate Miles davis album. i could say Bitches Brew but thats obvious - anything else?
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''Kind Of Blue'' and ''A Tribute to Jack Johnson'' are absolute masterpieces-- the former being of pure Jazz, and the latter being of Jazz-Rock. Gotta get those, no matter what! Thumbs Up

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I love a lot of his music, but....

From his 70's Fusion period, my favorite studio album is Get Up With It (Big Fun is another fave of mine)and live, Dark Magus and Pangaea are terrific. 

Of earlier works, I love Sketches of Spain.  And from the latter part of the 60's, I love Nefertiti..

For some reason,uber-classics such as Bitches Brew and Kind of Blue don't appeal to me as much as those.
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Jack Johnson, without a doubt. A perfectly spliced piece of sonic mayhem. Buy the box set to get a peek at the improvs that Teo Macero used as raw material for that album.
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Jack Johnson, without a doubt. A perfectly spliced piece of sonic mayhem. Buy the box set to get a peek at the improvs that Teo Macero used as raw material for that album.

Somebody who agrees with me about ''Jack Johnson''! Awesome. Clap
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On the Corner is probably my favourite, at least at the moment. Addictive rhythms and wild weirdness.
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Sketches of Spain, Ascenseur pour léchafaud, Sketches of Spain...that about covers it. Wink  I'm more a fan of his earlier material than his fusion.  Oh, and I almost forgot, Sketches of Spain. 
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Originally posted by SaltyJon

Sketches of Spain, Ascenseur pour léchafaud, Sketches of Spain...that about covers it. Wink  I'm more a fan of his earlier material than his fusion.  Oh, and I almost forgot, Sketches of Spain. 

You forgot that one album, you know, the one... Wink
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Originally posted by SaltyJon

Sketches of Spain, Ascenseur pour léchafaud, Sketches of Spain...that about covers it. Wink  I'm more a fan of his earlier material than his fusion.  Oh, and I almost forgot, Sketches of Spain. 

You forgot that one album, you know, the one... Wink

Oh yeah, Sketches of Spain!  How could I forget it?
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Everything from In a Silent Way to ATribute to Jack Johnson is perfect. Sketches of Spain is also fantastic. I could go on naming other great albums of his, but I'd be here way too long..
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In a Silent Way is incredible, my favorite from his jazz-rock period. Bitches Brew, Get Up With It, A Tribute to Jack Johnson and Live-Evil are still incredible, but I would pick the former over any of these.  
 
Kind of Blue and Round About Midnight are fantastic, classic jazz albums.

"For me, music and life are all about style.” Miles Davis(last.fm)
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Psychedelic rock - Agharta, Pangea, Dark Magus
more experimental - Big Fun, Get Up With It, Live at the Fillmore East

I have reviews up of all these albums if you want to read about them.

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Those albums sound great - I am getting 'Kind of Blue' for sure...
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Originally posted by Logan

I love a lot of his music, but....

From his 70's Fusion period, my favorite studio album is Get Up With It (Big Fun is another fave of mine)and live, Dark Magus and Pangaea are terrific. 

Of earlier works, I love Sketches of Spain.  And from the latter part of the 60's, I love Nefertiti..

For some reason,uber-classics such as Bitches Brew and Kind of Blue don't appeal to me as much as those.

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I will get hold of Sketches... for sure
 
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Pretty much everything he released in the fifties and in the sixties...The next decades should be approached with care...
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Originally posted by SaltyJon

Sketches of Spain, Ascenseur pour léchafaud, Sketches of Spain...that about covers it. Wink  I'm more a fan of his earlier material than his fusion.  Oh, and I almost forgot, Sketches of Spain. 
 
OK OK 'Sketches' is on order ! Sheesh!
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Kind of Blue is not only my favourite MD album, but my favourite jazz album. Ever. That's right, ever.
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Big smile

I love it
Just heard some of it online

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Originally posted by SaltyJon

Sketches of Spain, Ascenseur pour léchafaud, Sketches of Spain...that about covers it. Wink  I'm more a fan of his earlier material than his fusion.  Oh, and I almost forgot, Sketches of Spain. 
 
OK OK 'Sketches' is on order ! Sheesh!
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Good choice, it's a good album. Tongue
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Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes

Jack Johnson, without a doubt. A perfectly spliced piece of sonic mayhem. Buy the box set to get a peek at the improvs that Teo Macero used as raw material for that album.
 
I've been wanting to check that box set out. I don't have any of his box sets. But I have many of his cd's. Jack Johnson has that atmospheric effect on me (almost creepy) or more like a score for a film about a secret agent. One of his best by far. I wonder what the Bitches Brew box set is like?
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