A Tribute to Jack Johnson is a studio album and soundtrack by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was originally released on February 24, 1971, by Columbia Records. It s two 25-minute-plus tracks were produced from recordings made on February 18 and April 7, 1970, at 30th Street Studio in New York…
This inventive post-bop treasure finds Miles totally reenergized by the young talent of his second quintet. His first album of new material in six years is a brilliantly excecuted exercise in tension and release! Includes Eighty-One; Little One; R.J.; Agitation; Iris; Mood, and the title track.
Filles de Kilimanjaro (named after the Kilimanjaro African Coffee) is one the many masterpieces American composer and trumpeter Miles Davis recorded during his lifetime. It can be seen as a transitional album, right between his acoustic and electric period. He recorded this incredible work of modern jazz together with music greats such as Wayne Shorter,…
In a live set bristling with energy, Miles keeps an exhilarating pace playing essentially the same repertoire of bebop tunes and standards that earlier quintets had played-but with increasing structural and rhythmic freedom. Includes So What; Walkin Joshua; Four; Seven Steps to Heaven, and more.
A foreshadowing of the area between rock and jazz that he would further explore with 1970 s hypnotic Bitches Brew, this was Miles first album to feature a full-blown electric approach. Incorporating elements of classical sonata form, both of the lengthy cuts featured here defy convention with 3 distinct movements in which harmony, rhythm and…
Regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz album of all time and Davis s masterpiece. This 1959 album s influence on music, including jazz, rock and classical, has led music writers to acknowledge it as one of the most influential albums of all time. This septet features Jazz heavyweights John Coltrane, Bill Evans and…
An electrifying experience as Davis moves away from his traditional quintet sound toward a more jazz rock feel later to be known as fusion. Illuminated by Herbie Hancock s Fender Rhodes, along with a guest appearance by George Benson on Paraphernalia.
Miles quintet (with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams) was a band for the ages, one that performed with an incandescent beauty remarkable even for them on February 12, 1964 at Lincoln Center. Their explorations of All of You; Stella by Starlight; All Blues; I Thought About You, and the title classic…
The fourth studio album by the second great Miles Davis quintet (and the second recorded in 1967), Nefertiti marked yet another metamorphosis in Miles career. Includes Fall; Hand Jive; Madness; Riot; Pinocchio, and the title track, plus alternate takes on Hand Jive; Madness, and Pinocchio.
A sublime bit of Miles Davis electric funk – one of the best-remembered electric sets from the 70s, and for good reason too! The tracks are long, the jams are hard, and the whole thing has a lot more funk than some of the noise you d get on other Miles albums of the time…
One of the greatest jazz recordings of all time, Sketches of Spain features Miles with large ensemble arranged and conducted by Gil Evans. Truly a jazz milestone, this album presents Davis and Evans at their musical peak. This title is part of Sony s Jazz Masterpiece reissue series, featuring 20-bit digital remastering, deluxe packaging and…
Miles Davis is regarded to be one of the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. At the request of Columbia Records executive George Avakian, he formed his first regular quintet in 1955. After all members of the first quintet left Davis a few years later, he hired the…
In honor of the 70th anniversary of it s original singles in 1949, The Complete Birth of the Cool by Miles Davis is being released on CD. The CD features Miles Davis classic Birth of the Cool as well as live material from 1948. The package features a brand new retrospective essay by Ashley Kahn,…
The two most important modern jazz legends! The recordings that launched the careers of two giants and began Miles Davis 30, year association with Columbia Records! Track listing includes Two Bass Hit, Dear Old Stockholm, Bye Bye Blackbird, plus lots more.
As C418, composer and producer Daniel Rosenfeld designs sounds to resonate in both physical and pixelated realms. Best known for his original soundtracks to Minecraft, the single best-selling video game of all time, he’s developed a discography of instrumental music over the last decade that traverses electronic pop patterns, neo-classical dreamscapes, and sparse ambient motifs….