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Blue Haze

Miles Davis

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Album Review

This CD reissue features trumpeter Miles Davis with three different pickup recording groups that are full of fellow all-stars. "Tune-Up," "Miles Ahead," "When Lights Are Low" (which uses slightly different chord changes than its composer Benny Carter originally intended), and "Smooch" find Davis joined by pianist John Lewis (Charles Mingus plays piano on "Smooch"), bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Max Roach. With pianist Horace Silver, bassist Heath, and drummer Art Blakey offering solid accompaniment, Davis introduces "Four" and performs "Old Devil Moon" and "Blue Haze." Finally, with altoist Dave Schildkraut, Silver, Heath, and drummer Kenny Clarke, Miles jams through "I'll Remember April." Although not as essential as the trumpeter's classic Quintet records of 1955-1956, several of the performances (most notably "Tune-Up" and "Four") are quite memorable, and the straight-ahead playing is of consistently high quality.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic playing

Miles sounds great on this CD full of stars.... also, to the guy who gave the album a 3 because mingus wrote smooch.... who cares? jazz players cover each others songs all the time. Charlie Parker played Donna Lee all the time, but Miles wrote it....

Brilliant

Miles Davis is a musical genius. Period. As for 'Smooch' being a Mingus chart, look under the composer tab and it's credited to him properly.

FYI

I know really who cares lol I went to see Benny Golsen, and he said that there were over 400 different recorded versions of his song "I Remember Clifford", and I dont think he gave a flying f*** lol

Biography

Born: May 26, 1926 in Alton, IL

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s

Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to the early '90s, since he was in the thick of almost every important innovation and stylistic development in the...
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