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    Posted: December 02 2010 at 17:56
What is your progest favourite Miles Davis album? Mine is IN A SILENT WAY , not forgetting it's a ZAWINUL compositionWink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2010 at 17:59
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2010 at 18:25
Hey you've got beautiful albums!!! i even see lucas sideras ,i'm amazed ,i thought i was the only one to listen to thatThumbs Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2010 at 18:37
Good stuff in a prog way made from In A Silent Way until he took the big break and went totally crazy according to his autobiography.  It's a really good read if you haven't yet already.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2010 at 21:55
In A Silent Way is totally influential to musicans around the globe. My favorite though is Bitches Brew. A Tribute To Jack Johnson runs a close race for me. I have felt in the past that Sketches Of Spain touches progressive territory in a quite different way. The guy was a genius and he opened paths NOT only for the great jazz/fusion musicans who were signed to record labels and had bands of their own but, thousands of unknown musicans that travelled the road in America. His influence on European musicians was very important as well. I am lucky Miles was born.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2010 at 22:43
Perhaps not the main intent of the thread but...
 
I was told his most prog album (I'm assuming in a sense to get him added to this site...meaning not progressive jazz) was Dark Magus. I bought it...and damn is it jazz. So, not to hijack the thread, but was this a poor album to recommend? 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2010 at 22:57
Dark Magus as jazz? More like relentlessly heavy funk.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2010 at 23:38
Idk. I hear alot of jazz...sure some funk...but certainly nothing in the realm of rock.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2010 at 00:13
Live Miles in the mid-70s is like a denser version of Wetton-era King Crimson. Pete Cosey, Reggie Lucas and Dominique Gaumont are six-string noise terrorists.The intensity these guys work up (and sustain) is unbelievable.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2010 at 07:59
Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Live Miles in the mid-70s is like a denser version of Wetton-era King Crimson. Pete Cosey, Reggie Lucas and Dominique Gaumont are six-string noise terrorists.The intensity these guys work up (and sustain) is unbelievable.
Absolutely one hundred percent correct! A total often misunderstood and thrown by the wayside point of reference. This is also a very true detailed aspect in history that is not realized by all and very sad to not be. I am totally impressed with your observation because it spells out honesty for musicans and hard-core fans.Clap 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2010 at 08:31
Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

He Loved Him Madly
 
Exactly, Get Up With It and Big Fun are no doubt his proggiest albums. Bitches Brew would fall under the category too I suppose.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2010 at 09:12
Bitches brew for me.But I agree with Queen Jane too.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2010 at 09:24
Agharta and Pangaea are his progest albums in my opinion.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2010 at 09:35
I quite agree about AGHARTA ,even the art cover is progBig smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2010 at 21:56
Originally posted by Adams Bolero Adams Bolero wrote:

Agharta and Pangaea are his progest albums in my opinion.
Yes, they are very prog! I must play these tonight. excellent !
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2010 at 22:06
Alrights...I'll add Agharta, Pangaea, Get Up With It, and Big Fun to my list of things to get eventually.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2010 at 21:22
I'm glad someone mentioned "He loved Him Madly". What a classic proto ambient piece of music, that even Miles Davis fans dismiss.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2010 at 00:20

Manfred Eicher sent Mils Davis the letter in the past. It was a request said that it would want you to record Solo Album and to announce with ECM.

It is said that Miles Davis was broken without reading the letter and thrown away. It was made remarks that working with the person who did not know was unpleasant.

It will have been an action of which the character of Miles Davis had indeed gone out ahead.

If Miles Davis announced Solo Album, it might be very interesting.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2010 at 00:35
Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

Idk. I hear alot of jazz...sure some funk...but certainly nothing in the realm of rock.

re your above remark about Dark Magus: thats weird because a lot of the beats and approach on this album are pure proto-punk rock, albeit the solos on top are free jazz and RnB jazz. The rest of the album is a mix of free funk jazz, and avant-garde.

I don't know about "proggiest", but my favorite electric Miles records are:
Agharta
Pangea
Dark Magus
Get up with It
Big Fun
the new complete On the Corner boxset
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2010 at 07:39
What about AURA? composed and produced by palle mikkelborg for miles on1985, not my favourite miles album but realy prog. Palle played the trumpet for a great terje rypdal album ( descendre ) I wish rypdal and miles recorded together, so sad it's too lateBroken Heart
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