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	Ground and Sky review - Miles Davis - Agharta
		Although perhaps not as groundbreaking or influential as the former two albums, Agharta is the album where it all comes together: the funk-rock rhythm section, the awe-inspiring experimenting of guitarist Pete Cosey, and - of course - Miles' powerful yet understated soloing.
		This late in his career, Miles wasn't at the peak of his game, at least in terms of pure technical ability, but he'd already spent years proving he didn't need his bebop chops anymore to make incredible music.
		Agharta was one of Miles' last live performances of the 1970s (the companion album Pangaea was recorded during a second set the same day, and has a noticeably lower energy level).
	www.progreviews.com /reviews/display.php?rev=md-agh (540 words)

	Miles Davis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miles Dewey Davis III (May 25, 1926 – September 28, 1991) one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century, was a fl jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
		Miles in the Sky and Filles de Kilimanjaro, on which electric bass, piano and guitar were tentatively introduced on some tracks, clearly pointed the way to the subsequent fusion phase in Davis's output.
		Miles Davis continued to tour and perform regularly through the last years of his life, before succumbing to a stroke in September 1991 at the age of 65.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miles_Davis (4564 words)

	Miles Davis- The Electric Years- Perfect Sound Forever
		Miles In The Sky from 1968 started with a brilliant, 16-minutes plus track "Stuff" which cycled and floated in a gentle soulful manner and sounded unlike anything that anyone else was up to at the time.
		Miles was occasionally criticized from this point on for deserting jazz, and for "losing the beauty which had been present in his music".
		Miles was not going to be "the next big thing" commercially, was not going to outsell the ranks of white boys playing electrified blues guitar which is what a lot of people were into at the time.
	www.furious.com /perfect/miles.html (3770 words)

	Miles Davis
		Miles had all the talent to become a legend, which he did, but the first step was when he started his major Quintet.
		On their 1968 album Miles in the Sky they showed why they were leading the change by using electric instruments and rock rhythms.
		Miles retired in 1975 stating "I just can't hear the music anymore." His combination of illness and personal problems led to his seclusion or maybe even a depression of music.
	www.angelfire.com /mo/keyshawn/miles.html (821 words)

	miles
		The fusion years of Miles Davis (1968-1975) has for a long time, been regarded as an era where most purists had turned their backs to his new sound.
		Aside from Bitches Brew and In a Silent Way, most of his albums released during that time were criticized and had not generated much interest relative to his 1950's and 1960's stuff.
		Miles would never play like in his later fusion albums (except Sanctuary on Bitches Brew).
	www.geocities.com /Moses_Guthrie/miles.html (558 words)

	Miles Runs the Voodoo Down \| Music For America
		Miles was a key player in several distinct jazz movements (Cool, Hard-Bop, and Fusion come to mind) and his transition to overtly funk-rock-jazz fusion occurred toward the end of the 1960’s.
		Until the sessions that yielded Miles in the Sky, however, that ensemble was strictly acoustic.
		To record the album’s opening piece - Stuff - Carter played an electric bass, Hancock played a Fender Rhodes, and – not to be left out – Shorter played his tenor sax through a microphone into a tube amp and had the studio techs record the output of the amplifier.
	www.musicforamerica.org /node/16800 (1080 words)

	Miles Davis: album reviews and ratings
		Miles Davis was born on May 25, 1926 in Alton, Illinois and died Sept. 28, 1991.
		Miles Davis was considered to be an accomplished painter, in fact, his paintings in New York City, Spain, West Germany and Japan received critical acclaim.
		Miles Davis had a gift for the arts and was one of the rare jazz players of our time whose music became a part of his soul, indelibly stamped on our history.
	www.musicfolio.com /jazz/miles_davis.html (1376 words)

	Miles in the Sky (Reis) from The Wine Glass Shop
		Miles in the Sky was the fifth studio album by Miles Davis's 2nd great quintet.
		Miles really solos amazingly on "Stuff", where the electric instruments are introduced over and bouncy, pulsating fusion jazz beat.
		This album is a lot like another Miles album (one of the previous efforts of Miles and the Quintet) called Sorcerer.
	www.thewineglassshop.com /details/B00000DCH3.html (813 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Filles De Kilimanjaro (Rm) (W/ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Though the album sports inexplicable, rather ridiculous French song titles, this is music that is unpretentiously adventurous, grounded in driving, mildly funky rhythms and bluesy growls from Miles, graced with weird, colorful flourishes from the band.
		This album also marked the debut of bassist Dave Holland and keyboardist Chick Corea on the tracks "Frelon Brun" and "Mademoiselle Mabry." This album, along with their previous album Miles In The Sky, introduced the electric instruments and longer compositions that came to define fusion.
		Miles' solos are extremely impressive throughout the album possibly due to the exciting direction his music was going in.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006GO9K (1181 words)

	Sky Garden - Wadada Leo Smith / Yo Miles! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For Sky Garden, Yo Miles!’s 2nd recording and 1st release on Cuneiform, Kaiser and Smith have assembled an all-star cast culled from both the jazz and rock communities.
		Sky Garden (as well as its predecessor Yo Miles!) was to utilize Davis’ compositions as a touchstone, thereby retaining the general ambience of the inaugural recordings, but otherwise, Kaiser and Smith jettisoned virtually everything else in order to rebuild the tracks from scratch.
		With Miles Davis’ electric period finally gaining the credit it deserves, the number of groups recording everything from "music-informed-by" to flat-out tributes is almost too large to count.
	shoko.calarts.edu /~wls/pages/sky_garden.html (1602 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Miles In The Sky [Remaster] - Miles Davis at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Miles In The Sky [Remaster] - Miles Davis
		This is very much a transitional album from the Miles Davis Quintet that featured Tony Williams on Drums, Ron Carter on Bass, Wayne Shorter on Sax and Herbie Hancock on Keyboards (Guitarist George Benson sits in on one track).
		Miles plays some really great solos, and great musicians like these are always worth hearing out.
	www.epinions.com /musc-review-4A5A-50BD0475-3A54EFD1-prod6 (617 words)

	Search Tuna Report for Miles Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		His 1959 album, "Kind of Blue," is the quintessential example of this style: it explores new harmonic terrain, boasting a set of notes to which the blues-educated ear was completely unaccustomed.
		Miles Davis, the author of the Cool Period and responsible for the profuse use of modes during that time, demonstrates with these two solos his command of the jazz language and a style that is recognizable and unique despite the difference of setting between the two....
		Miles Davis The pioneer of the cool jazz era, Miles became a world famous innovator and his work in albums such as Bitches Brew and Sketches in Spain influenced generations of musicians....
	searchtuna.com /ftlive/1064.html (3136 words)

	Progressive Ears Album Reviews
		Upon Coltrane leaving Miles' band in 1959, John recommended that he take on a youngster by the name of Wayne Shorter as a replacement, but Miles being what he was, told John to go screw himself, and decided to look for a replacement himself.
		Miles recruited guitarist Joe Beck for his a track called "Circle In The Round" (a first for Miles) and also marked the first time Herbie played anything but a piano in studio, the instrument being a celeste.
		Tony Williams also plays a major part in his last studio album with Miles, as he proves how truly great he is, by playing only cymbals (via Brushes) on the first track and drum shelling throughout most of the second track.
	www.progressiveears.com /asp/reviews.asp?albumID=1795 (328 words)

	Epinions.com - Miles Davis Waves The Electric Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Bottom Line Miles Davis's Fusion period was not the disaster that it's detractors made it out to be, nor was it as revolutionary as its devotees would have you believe.
		By the time Miles in the Sky, Davis's first tentative step towards a rock sound, was issued in 1968 Wes Montgomery & Nina Simone, to cite two examples in Jazz, had already recorded definitive Jazz recordings of songs by the Beatles, Animals, Screaming Jay Hawkins and others.
		His last really dominant performance as a soloist comes on Miles in the Sky, an album where the rest of the groups seems to flounder a bit.
	www.epinions.com /content_1299882116 (1052 words)

	Miles Davis
		Miles goes electric - piano and bass - with a bunch of really long songs, and it's hit or miss: he said in his autobiography that the Quintet's work had gotten too abstract, and that he wanted to get back to the basics of the blues.
		Miles visited the studio a few times after this tour, but didn't release anything before hanging up his trumpet for five years.
		Miles is rarely what you get on this live double LP (he does play nearly all the way through "Back Street Betty," but doesn't find much to say).
	www.warr.org /miles.html (3488 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Miles in the Sky (Reis) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For those listeners more comfortable with Miles' fusion material, this might be the album that treads close enough to rock to satisfy you, but it might also be the album that whets your appetite for earlier Columbia dates that this quintet recorded.
		This is the first of Miles' albums to feature electric instruments, with Herbie Hancock playing an electric piano and George Benson (electric guitar) joining the Quintet for one track, "Paraphernalia." Miles adds a new complexity to the music, while introducing dashes of popular music to the mix.
		Miles isn't exactly revolutionizing anything with this record, but you can feel change in the air as he stretches out, tirelessly reaching out for new territory and taking his influences from wherever he can without the usual prejudice and snobbery jazz musicians had for popular music at the time.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DCH3?v=glance (1912 words)

	Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more
		Miles in the Sky [+] by Miles Davis [+]
		With the 1968 album Miles in the Sky [+], Miles Davis [+] explicitly pushed his second great quintet away from conventional jazz, pushing them toward the jazz-rock hybrid that would later become known as fusion.
	music.com /release/miles_in_the_sky/1 (259 words)

	Jen Gloeckner :: Press (Album Reviews)
		I was attracted to the piece, "Hazy Sky," early in the record, even though it help a more consistent tempo than some of the more psychedelic pieces further on.
		It is fitting then that the cover of her album Miles Away as well as the insert photos feature Jen Gloeckner far from Iowa, amidst sand dunes and in a dry, cracked lakebed.
		The U.K. magazine Mojo reviewed Miles Away in this month's issue, giving it an impressive three stars and calling it a "debut leap of sonic imagination." This is a strong first effort that marks her as one to watch, and hopefully might gain her some deserved attention back home.
	www.jengloeckner.com /reviews6.htm (2053 words)

	Miles in the Sky - Miles Davis - Music Reviews
		With the 1968 album Miles in the Sky, Miles Davis explicitly pushed his second great quintet away from conventional jazz, pushing them toward the jazz-rock hybrid that would later become known as fusion.
		Here, the music is still in its formative stages, and it's a little more earth-bound than you might expect, especially following on the heels of the shape-shifting, elusive Nefertiti.
		Intriguing, successful jams in many respects, but even with the notable additions of electric instruments, and with the deliberately noisy "Country Son," this is less visionary than its predecessor and feels like a transitional album -- and, like many transitional albums, it's intriguing and frustrating in equal measures.
	www.mp3.com /albums/105123/reviews.html (365 words)

	Miles in the Sky by Miles Davis: Album Reviews
		Miles Davis : Albums : Miles in the Sky : Album Reviews
		With the 1968 album Miles in the Sky, Miles Davis explicitly pushed his second great quintet away from conventional jazz, pushing them toward the jazz-rock hybrid that would later become known as fusion.
		Intriguing, successful jams in many respects, but even with the notable additions of electric instruments, and with the deliberately noisy "Country Son," this is less visionary than its predecessor and feels like a transitional album -- and, like many transitional albums, it's intriguing and frustrating in equal measures.
	mp3.cnet.com /albums/105123/reviews.html (189 words)

	Miles Styles - The Music of Miles Davis
		What Miles develops with these recordings is a uniquely articulate style, utilizing the timbral qualities of his trumpet, expressing an emotional state that matches the demands of the melody, and swinging it at the same time.
		Miles takes the first solo, a bit somber until after the bridge, when he begins flying through the chord changes, accompanied by Jones slamming on his tom-toms.
		The album begins with what is essentially an eighteen-minute jam over Tony Williams' high-hat work - nice work from all, but this is more of a meditation than a fully realized work; Shorter's soprano saxophone is the most interesting soloist here, although Miles' seems to be trying to turn his horn into an organ.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Valley/2822/miles_davis.html (3283 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Miles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Miles Davis is candid, and quite generous with his use of obscenities--but no matter.
		Miles defies categorization, and that is the challenge and the beauty of the book: To take it on its own terms, to accept the complexity of the man, flaws and all (as we are all flawed), and then to be thankful that Miles smiled on us.
		All in all, Miles Davis was a dynamic, flawed, and an important figure in music history, and his story should be read by anyone who is a fan of music or who is a fan of a good story altogether.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671725823?v=glance (2458 words)

	Instrumental Music: Deep Sky Divers, Miles MacMillan, Thy Veils
		The Deep Sky Divers are: Jon Short (who has contributed bass and cello to the works of Pulp and Neil Finn) and David Jones.
		In fact, MacMillan cites that this album is "a soundtrack to an imaginary sci-fi film, in which a member of an unnamed alien cult locks himself into an isolation chamber in preparation for a visitation by alien beings."
		Excursions into despairing depths are counterpointed by ambient surveys of the starry skies, as well as glimpses of dark wooded pursuits, forming a well-rounded series of empathic sonic states.
	www.soniccuriosity.com /sc124.htm (705 words)

	KeepMedia \| JazzTimes: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
		In a remarkably fertile three-and-one-half-year period-January of 1965 to June of 1968-the second great Miles Davis quintet ushered in a new era of improvised music.
		Shedding Tin Pan Alley conventions and bop cliches in favor of more unencumbered, free-flowing forms that were both rhythmically and harmonically ambiguous, they exercised an unprecedented musical interaction and independence that changed the course of modern jazz.
		The 1995 boxed set Miles Davis: The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965 (Columbia CXK 66955) documented the special chemistry that took place on the bandstand between Miles and Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams.
	keepmedia.com /pubs/JazzTimes/1998/04/01/288228?extID=10037&oliID=229 (188 words)

	True North, Cobalt Miles of Sky
		Their well-aligned and cohesive signature sound on their first CD, “Cobalt Miles of Sky,” eatures 14 songs on it, eight of which are originals.
		While not exactly clear from the songs or liner notes, the album’s title is apparently inspired by a poem about Paris written in 1923 by poet/painter E. Cummings.
		“Cobalt Miles of Sky” is a fusion of opposite ends of the traditional and contemporary musical spectrum that allows True North to ideally calibrate with the Universe.
	www.oregonbluegrass.org /CDreviews/truenorthcms.htm (584 words)

	ALTAN MUSIC
		ANOTHER SKY is a refreshing release from Altan, the multi-talented and award-winning Irish band that has captured the hearts of Celtic music fans everywhere.
		Each of this album's cuts are centered around her lilting vocals.
		The album maintains a sprightly and upbeat air throughout most of its running time, not to mention the pure Celtic flavor that has characterized the group's previous efforts.
	www.silverlakemusic.com /art/aaltan.html (622 words)

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