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Lead Performance: Miles Davis; Genres: Jazz, Reissues

This transitional 1968 quintet recording is one of the most satisfying albums Davis made before dashing headlong into fusion. Electric pianos pulsate, cymbals clatter, and Davis and saxophonist Wayne Shorter wend their way through serpentine melodies. Much credit for the sustained mystic moodiness should go to the arranging of Gil Evans, which was unacknowledged on the original release and continues to go unmentioned on the rerelease. The new digital mix increases the menacing drama, and Tony Williams' encroaching drums never sounded better.


Posted Sep 07, 1990
 

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