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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 6969985203254
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: April 17, 2001
Sales Rank: 10143
Studio: Sony
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This 1958 date finds Davis with his first super group: alto and tenor saxophonists Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane, drummer Philly Joe Jones, bassist Paul Chambers, and pianist Red Garland. It looks to the past with the bebop and blues likes of Jackie McLean's "Dr. Jackle," John Lewis and Dizzy Gillespie's "Two Bass Hit," and Thelonious Monk's "Straight No Chaser." The band points solidly to the future with the modal masterpiece "Milestones," which set the stage for the historic Kind of Blue. Davis's own tune, "Sid's Ahead" has a melodic line like Benny Golson's "Killer Joe," and "Billy Boy" features Garland, Chambers, and Jones and is a stylistic shout to Ahmad Jamal. This superbly remastered edition of Milestones contains three alternate takes. "Two Bass Hit" snaps, crackles, and pops with Jones's rope-a-dope rhythms. The title track rings with an even more lyrical statement by Davis, and on "Straight, No Chaser" Coltrane delivers an even more harmonically daring solo, while Adderley takes on Trane's supersonic scalar style, capped by Chambers's grooving solo. A classic recording from a classic group. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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Miles Davis' 1958 album MILESTONES is his last testament in the hard bop sound of the Fifties. Besides Davis on trumpet, it features Cannonball Adderley on alto saxophone, John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on double bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums.
MILESTONES has often been overshadowed by the album released after it, KIND OF BLUE, which is often held up as the greatest jazz album of all time. However, MILESTONES features some strong performances. ... Read More
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To start, I am not very addicted to jazz, but I love this record ..could not provide valuable information to justify buying this record,but I say something.. is great!!!!! the fluidity of the notes, silences ... .... only what happens to me is that I can not stop listening ... I was also thinking ... this is the bridge between "round about midnight" and "kind of blue" ...we can not mistake the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I bought this album because it was the album before his ground breaking "Kind of Blue." I wanted to listed to the contrast and progression of his musical thinking. Its good, but I'm glad Miles Davis reinvented his narcissistic self - musically any way.
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"Milestones" was released on Columbia Records in 1958, Miles was starting to find his sound in modal jazz. The title track is a perfect example of Miles approach to composition: simple melodies, complex improvisations. This compositional approach would carry on with him through the rest of the 50s to mid-60s.
I thought this album overall compared to some of his earlier recordings was considerably weaker. I don't think that John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley particularly blended well together ... Read More
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Hot Jazz; If you are looking for a second "Kind of Blue" album , then "Milestones" will disappoint. Also, if you are looking for some nice background jazz music while you have your dinner party this is probably not the album for you. On the other hand, if you are looking for an album that features five of the most talented musicians ever to play jazz, cooking on some really great tunes and playing together like they've been doing this all their life then this might be the album for you. This one does not contain ... Read More
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