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I see a few comments not liking this. Sure, everyone to their taste, but I wonder if the velocity of our lives has made it harder to sit back and think about the music that is playing. Or maybe it's because music delivery has changed so much. Listening to music used to be interactive and encompassing. It was a deliberate act to select an album, place it on the turntable, and start it. Now music is a background to our other activities. I'm guilty, though when something contemplative (like this) comes on I'll stop what I'm doing and give it its due. My turntable gathers dust and, I fear, so does my mind.
Well said. I have to admit it's been a long time since I listened to an entire album all the way through. And just sit and really listen.
And one of the greatest line ups in jazz history.
Thanks Miles
We should not forget Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come as a contributor to that awesome year of jazz.
Oops! I forgot to mention other great 1959 jazz releases too! A great year for jazz!
I see a few comments not liking this. Sure, everyone to their taste, but I wonder if the velocity of our lives has made it harder to sit back and think about the music that is playing. Or maybe it's because music delivery has changed so much. Listening to music used to be interactive and encompassing. It was a deliberate act to select an album, place it on the turntable, and start it. Now music is a background to our other activities. I'm guilty, though when something contemplative (like this) comes on I'll stop what I'm doing and give it its due. My turntable gathers dust and, I fear, so does my mind.
and 3 days ago, my 19 year old son received a 1978 jvc turntable, 1978 optonica integrated amp and a pair of 1978 energy 2 way speakers. Discovering the joy of analog
1959 was a great year for jazz! Miles Kind Of Blue, Coltrane Giant Steps, Mingus Ah-Um, & Bruebeck Time Out!
We should not forget Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come as a contributor to that awesome year of jazz.
the definitive desert island album.perfect.
Especially if stranded on said island with a case of single malt, and if lucky, another case of cigars.
Long Live RP and our personal lists of Desert Island albums! (this one is in my top 5)
McCoy Tyner is my favorite jazz pianist! That being said, I do not feel that his style would have been appropriate for this album. Who knows? Maybe I am wrong!
Same here!! I agree!! Bill Evans was the right man for this job!! And I love McCoy Tyner!!
McCoy Tyner is my favorite jazz pianist! That being said, I do not feel that his style would have been appropriate for this album. Who knows? Maybe I am wrong!
Although, Bill Evens did an exquisite performance on this album!!!
Although...I wonder what this album would sound like if MyCoy Tyner was on piano
McCoy Tyner is my favorite jazz pianist! That being said, I do not feel that his style would have been appropriate for this album. Who knows? Maybe I am wrong!
Although...I wonder what this album would sound like if MyCoy Tyner was on piano
A freight train? I realize that he could play with quiet finesse, but on the occasions I saw McCoy Tyner, the effect was overwhelming. Especially when he was touring with Airto and company. Mix in LSD and a small jazz club and this was not a relaxed evening. Mind-blowing though. I could seen the colors of the music. The music was rather different from this...
Stop whatever you are doing and listen.
We don't seem to listen any more. We hear but we don't listen. We know the price of everything but the value of nothing.
I don't even like jazz (!) but this is so moving. So much care went into composing, playing and recording this that it must be a pinnacle of our human achievement.
I have RP on as background as I work and study. This I had to pause for. Wonderful. And I didn't even think I liked jazz.
We don't seem to listen any more. We hear but we don't listen. We know the price of everything but the value of nothing.
I don't even like jazz (!) but this is so moving. So much care went into composing, playing and recording this that it must be a pinnacle of our human achievement.
the entire album
Coltrane is in another world
I see a few comments not liking this. Sure, everyone to their taste, but I wonder if the velocity of our lives has made it harder to sit back and think about the music that is playing. Or maybe it's because music delivery has changed so much. Listening to music used to be interactive and encompassing. It was a deliberate act to select an album, place it on the turntable, and start it. Now music is a background to our other activities. I'm guilty, though when something contemplative (like this) comes on I'll stop what I'm doing and give it its due. My turntable gathers dust and, I fear, so does my mind.
Yeah, I do the same thing with my music catalog that I ripped, digital and analog. I used to listen to the catalog from album to album, now it is on shuffle more as background, tho sometimes something comes on that makes me stop. I do spin my records from time to time and sit back and enjoy.
Dust off the TT and spin the plastic, your mind needs a good dusting.
While the listener is blessed to be embracing his interpretation of the yin and yang and the beauty of existence!
Nicely said...this demands our attention, so beautiful
Agreed. Last play 2013; that just won't do!
I understand. I think. Are you a rock and roll junkie? Did you arrive at adulthood in the '80s with AC DC or Metallica or some such as the soundtrack? That would explain it. If you find this "depressing", it's possible you shrink from the interstellar greatness of movie soundtracks like Taxi Driver. What a loss.
Are you averse to bluesy jazz by the sounds of the instruments, or the images or emotions they evoke? You do know that jazz is the ONLY form or genre of art in whatever medium that is exclusively American? We the people invented or were first at virtually no other creative expression, and the inarguable best at almost nothing of anything. Jazz is the American joint, and Miles (albeit admittedly among many others) has been one of the leading lights. Please expand your sensibilities. It's good for you.
Perfect to chill out to on a summers evening with a cool drink and an awesome view over the beach!!!!
Sorry.
Worthy of a 10 fer sher
ABSOLUTELY! TOP 3 FOR SURE!
The only way to satisfy your desire to give such a transcendent piece its due is to reduce all of your other song ratings, reserving "10" for such as this. I tried to do exactly that once, and failed (alas!). The ratings kept creeping up on me again, as my sincere appreciation demanded I give some "extra" acknowledgement of (admittedly) lesser works.
I think perhaps it is just impossible to express the scope of my gratitude for a work such as this, and that is my true frustration. It is part of our human condition. The only real solace for this deep dissatisfaction is to create our own art, to offer the very best of ourselves to the world, or to at least one other person. Can it be any other way?
Alternatively, I'm going to increase all other songs to reserve a new low for the likes of this. WTF my ears!
The only way to satisfy your desire to give such a transcendent piece its due is to reduce all of your other song ratings, reserving "10" for such as this. I tried to do exactly that once, and failed (alas!). The ratings kept creeping up on me again, as my sincere appreciation demanded I give some "extra" acknowledgement of (admittedly) lesser works.
I think perhaps it is just impossible to express the scope of my gratitude for a work such as this, and that is my true frustration. It is part of our human condition. The only real solace for this deep dissatisfaction is to create our own art, to offer the very best of ourselves to the world, or to at least one other person. Can it be any other way?
Gateway jazz. It is the first jazz album for an incredible number of people. It may even have created more jazz fans than Louis Armstrong.
I agree.
Pat Benatar - Precious Time
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Now that is funny!!
I agree.
Pat Benatar - Precious Time
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
I saw Miles at the Concord Pavilion about 1980. He was very quiet and sort of rude. Had his back to the audience most of the time.
Top 3 albums of all time, or is that too low?
About right!
Thanks....just what I needed.
Top 3 albums of all time, or is that too low?
Truly evocative.
exactly what i came here to say. big love... made my day to have that few minutes of pure bliss. i just realized how much i love jazz. thanks RP!
That pretty much says it.
Miles Davis is so good for the ears...
THE running sentence among RP's listeners.
Is it like this how creativity is honoured?
Yeah. Sitting in the backyard, stereo bringing Miles to me. Yeah.
Unfortunalty I can not rate it higher, if I could I'd rate it an 11 :)
this just changed the entire tone of my Sunday evening. Thank you, thank you for playing this. Thank you for being people who play music like this on a regular basis...
Unfortunalty I can not rate it higher, if I could I'd rate it an 11 :)
Yes.
Hardly know what to write. The music is sublime. And I love your text/poem, Zep.
"John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans (or, on "Freddie Freeloader," Wynton Kelly) on piano, and the crack rhythm unit of Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums."
Now that's a real bunch of session musicians!
Absolute pure genius. Maybe the best of the whole twentieth century.
Like an audio Picasso.
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I'm totally there... Though maybe you would prefer if we get separate booths.
I love the vibe of this song and the album in general, regardless of if it is overplayed or not.
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