Miles Smiles Miles Davis
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Album-Release:
1967
HRA-Release:
17.02.2015
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- 1 Orbits 04:35
- 2 Circle 05:51
- 3 Footprints 09:46
- 4 Dolores 06:20
- 5 Freedom Jazz Dance (Evolution of the Groove) 07:09
- 6 Gingerbread Boy 07:44
Info for Miles Smiles
Miles was smiling: his health problems were behind him, and during his convalescence in the spring of 1966 he had met the actress Cicely Tyson. He went on the road again in May, and in autumn he returned to the New York studios and saw the producer Teo Macero, whom he had been avoiding since 1963. The sessions were characterized by a great spontaneity, with only one take for each piece. The repertoire was far from simple, regardless of whether the piece was composed by Wayne Shorter (the fragments of “Orbits” and “Dolores”), Eddie Harris (the slalom of “Freedom Jazz Dance”), or Miles Davis (the elastic structures of “Circle,” inspired by “Drad-Dog” on Someday My Prince Will Come). Even the blues (“Gingerbread Boy” and “Footprints”) were subject to the wildest rhythmic treatments. They seem lost in a fog, suddenly they find their way, and then Miles messes up in his introduction to “Freedom Jazz Dance” and in the reprise of “Dolores.” At the end of “Gingerbread Boy,” Miles doesn’t even wait until the last echo dies away to demand: “Teo, play that again! Teo? Teo? Teo? Teo, play that again for us!” And one hears him smile!
"...essential...one of the quintet's best albums...graced by such all-time great jazz compositions as `Footprints' and `Dolores'..." (Q-Magazine)
"...With a simpler, drier, more austere sound, the unrehearsed, rough MILES SMILES holds up so well simply because it was more of a jazz record...Davis' exquisite waltz, `Circle,' showcases his lyrical, muted-trumpet playing..." (Down Beat)
"...has lost none of its cutting edge--still my favorite of the great quintet albums...Has any band ever grooved harder than Miles and company do on `Orbits,' `Dolores' or `Gingerbread Boy'--and has Miles ever penned a more touching ballad than `Circle'?..." (Musician)
Miles Davis, trumpet
Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock, piano
Ron Carter, double bass
Tony Williams, drums
Recorded from October 24–October 25, 1966 at Columbia 30th Street Studio
Engineered by Frank Laico
Produced by Teo Macero
Digitally remastered
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