Track Listing

1. Springsville
2. Maids of Cadiz
3. Duke
4. My Ship
5. Miles Ahead
6. Blues for Pablo
7. New Rhumba
8. Meaning of the Blues
9. Lament
10. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)
11. Springsville [Remake Take 7][*]
12. Blues for Pablo [Take 1][*]
13. Meaning of the Blues/Lament [Rehearsal][*]
14. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9098 in Music
• Released on: 1997-06-30
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

So joyfull, relaxin' and wonderfull!
I'm 20 and my cd collection contains mostly of jazzy hip hop and rap cd's which I love and listen to all the time... But none of them can be compared to how this album makes me feel whenever i listen to it... I grew up with a trumpet in my left hand, and therefore this was my first album. It is very dear to me. I use it whenever I am in that "special" mood or if I am to do something creative. Because of the beautiful work by Miles on this and all of his other recordings (especially Kind of Blue, Porgy & Bess and Silent Way) i am able to kick back in my 1 roomed apartments sofa and let my mind wander of to places I rarely think of, whenever I want to... Now that is a Joy that I hope every man or woman will find in some record... If u havent found it yet, try this one out. His sound will amaze u it is top class, and he works perfect with the band on each an any track he has recorded. A Classic!!! Peace to my man Miles and ofcourse all the other pioneers of jazz; Ellington, Coltrane, Basie, Adderley etc. Without them I wouldnt be listening to the Hip Hop I'm listening to today...

Proof (if it was needed) that Miles never made a bad record!
I've always believed that Miles' supposed 'comeback' (after, possibly, his worst brush with drugs) was his most fruitful period -- and this CD certainly represents some of the best work he ever produced in a recording studio.

There's also something purely magical about the work he did with Gil Evans; and, I feel, the larger ensemble seems, somehow, to support Miles in a way that, sometimes, a smaller group may not.

Anyone into Miles will already own this in some form or another... -- but, if you've always been intrigued by the myth that is Miles Dewey Davis III, then this (or the later 'Kind of Blue') is possibly the best introduction (...in my humble opinion!).

[A jazz fan dies and goes to heaven; and, when he gets to the Pearly Gates, St. Peter asks him where he'd like to go first -- so the guy says he'd like to go to a jazz club.

When they get to the one St. Peter recommends, there's all sorts of people sitting at the bar, listening to the music -- Dizzy, Duke, Bird, Cannonball, etc. -- but at the far end is a guy in a dazzling, well-cut suit, wearing shades and smoking.

"Who's that?" asks the guy.

"It's God," says St. Peter: "He thinks he's Miles Davis."]

One of my favourites
And much of the credit for that should go to Gil Evans. The balance between Miles and the other musicians (a much larger group than he normally played with) is superb. Some may find the changes of tempo and tracks seemingly falling into one another a little disorienting, personally I find them intreaguing and delightful. There is so much going on here, such an intricate web of tone, melody and tempo that each time I hear this album it sweeps me away. I highly recommend it to anyone.