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CD: Miles From India
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&;location=http://www.amazon.com/Miles-India-TWO-CD-SET/dp/B00140GWSE&tag=rifftidougram-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325://" target="_blank">Miles From India (Times Square). Producer Bob Belden wound up a monumental series of Miles Davis reissue box sets for Sony/Columbia, then he and fellow arranger Louiz Banks turned to interpreting the trumpeter's http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&;location=http://www.amazon.com/Miles-India-TWO-CD-SET/dp/B00140GWSE&tag=rifftidougram-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325://" target="_blank">immense output of recordings after 1959. This two-CD set considers the intersection of Indian music with Davis's adventures in scales and modes from Kind of Blue forward. Belden laid down the initial tracks in India, later adding soloists in New York. Among the players are sidemen from several Davis bands. They include Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb, Gary Bartz, Chick Corea and David Liebman. Trumpeter Wallace Roney evokes Davis. Guitarist John McLaughlin contributes the brilliant title track. This ambitious project is a success.

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Original Story: http://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2008/08/cd...

Posted on 08/15/2008
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