...hey there MOG...been keepin' your powder dry and the wind at your back? Hey, you lookin' kinda different...you been workin' out or something? it's all good...I thought I'd holla as I was feeling this Miles Davis cut while typing some CoR shite up-- I guess because sometimes you need to put on the big, bullshit detecting glasses, kinda like the ones the angel of darkness is wearing in the pic ab
Fifty years ago today, the Miles Davis Sextet began recording for Columbia Records the music that ultimately made up the album called Kind Of Blue. To observe the occasion, Jan Stevens of The Bill Evans Web Pages commissioned an essay about that imperishable recording and its most recent CD reissue. The piece, by John Varrallo, is exclusive to the Evans site. It is worth reading. Evans, who was...
Wolfgang’s Vault (WV) is the world’s largest collection of live concert recordings spanning the ‘60’s – present day and rock memorabilia. Last week, the website released cracked their vault open by making available hundreds of previously unreleased live concerts. Concerts from music legends Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Cheap Trick, to [...]
Depending on your opinion of Miles Davis' plunge into serious funk with his 1972 album, On The Corner, you'll either be thrilled to hear that Columbia/Legacy is releasing a SIX DISC set, The Complete On the Corner Sessions, or will look at this as a cynical move to get Miles' fans to part with more of their dough.On the Corner cover art.Me, I'm in the former camp. While the original album was c...
It really is a cliche: "Kind Of Blue" is the best music album ever. Not best jazz or instrumental album, is the best MUSIC album ever produced. It would be my choice if I only had to live with one album for the rest of my life. A full mosaic of deep emotions and feelings, "Kind Of Blue" is perfect when you feel sad, happy, upbeat, downbeat, creative, introspective, kinky, you name it, is the pe...
Kind of Blue was both a radical stylistic experiment and an album parents could put on after dinner without waking the kids. It's a manifesto, a meeting of musical minds, and it's moved millions of copies to remain the bestselling jazz record of all time. Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue," released in August 1959, featured what might be the finest group in jazz history; it virtually founded a new mus...
Created in Conjunction with the Miles Davis Family, New Headphones Feature Sleek Styling Designed to Capture the Essence of the Man and His Music Engineered to the Most Demanding Sonic Specifications October 21, 2009 , NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monster, renowned for its many advanced consumer electronics accessories and fast becoming one of the...