Miles Davis

[Master blaster]

hi, ive recently been getting into Miles Davis and im wanting to buy some of his records. Thing is there is a stupidly large amount of records he released. Can anyone recommend which album i should buy. Ideally ide like one which will be cool to study the bass in.

Edited August 27, 2008 by Master blaster

[lukeward2004]

TuTu - has Marcus Miller on bass and I believe he also produced it.

[lee650]

Hi there
Depends on what stuff you like to listen too, he covered a lot of diffrent kinds of music in his career, my first recommendation would be "kind of blue" with Paul chambers masterful jazz upright playing, later he did more modern fusiony stuff and some downright wacky stuff (Aura) my favourite,s were "your under arrest" with Darryl jones on bass and "Tutu/ amandla" with Marcus miller. but in my humble opinion for bass studying it,s all good!!! love Miles he,s great.
Enjoy the music- LEE
p,s , i dont know if you have access to a record player (i know vinyl) but ive a couple of his funkier stuff which ive replaced on cd, id be happy to dig them out and send them to you.


hi, ive recently been getting into Miles Davis and im wanting to buy some of his records. Thing is there is a stupidly large amount of records he released. Can anyone recommend which album i should buy. Ideally ide like one which will be cool to study the bass in.

[The Funk]

[i]A Kind Of Blue[/i] - possibly the finest jazz record ever made.

[i]Bitches Brew[/i] - if you want your head f***ed in more ways than Jenna Jameson.

[jmesa]

I love Dark Magus although that is a live thing.

[lee650]

[i]A Kind Of Blue[/i] - possibly the finest jazz record ever made.

[i]Bitches Brew[/i] - if you want your head f***ed in more ways than Jenna Jameson.
[/quote]

HA HA HA very funny and completely right!!!!!

[Sonic_Groove]

The Man with the Horn -- One of Marcus Miller's first gigs -- [url="http://www.last.fm/music/Miles+Davis/_/Fat+Time?autostart"]Fat Time (Link to LastFM)[/url] remains one of the best things Marcus ever did, and all bassists should study it!

The rest of the album & musicians are great too -- Includes Mike Stern on Guitar (who apparently was Fat at the time and the tune is about him!!!)

I am getting nostalgic now and will listen to my vinyl version later (Don't give-up on your Vinyl)

Brendan



Edited to add LastFM link

Edited August 28, 2008 by Sonic_Groove

[velvetkevorkian]

Kind Of Blue is a good starting point.

[Master blaster]

Cheers for the suggestions. 'kind of blue' is looking like a possibility at the moment. My record player broke a few years ago. Never got around to replacing it. Which sucks cos theres nothing listening to vinyl. I may give 'bitches brew' a try sometime to. I like to f*** my mind up with crazy music. Whenever im in the pub i like to put Weather Report on the juke box, its kinda amusing looking at everyone that doesn't get the beauty of Jazz Fusion.

[Weird War]

I'm listening to 'On The Corner' a lot at the moment; it's a later album and sounds to me like Sly Stone, Miles and Hendrix all mixed up - lovely

[Doddy]

I really like 'Relaxing with the Miles Davis Quintet' with Paul Chambers on Bass and 'Four and More' with Ron Carter.
'Tutu' with Marcus Miller is great,as is 'On the Corner' with Michael Henderson.

Miles made so much good music that any album would be worth checking out.

[LukeFRC]

kind of blue...

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no really thats how it starts

[Stingray5]

+1 for 'Kind Of Blue' - classic Miles.
+1 for 'Tutu' - modern Miles.
You might also want to check out 'In A Silent Way' (written by Joe Zawinul). Nice album featuring Miles regulars, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, among others.

[thebeat]

My favourite is Sketches of Spain...not much use for studying bass though.

[spinynorman]

+1 for "In a Silent Way". Make sure there's no windows you can fall out of though, it's hypnotic.

[bass_ferret]

[quote name='The Funk' post='271334' date='Aug 27 2008, 09:24 PM'][i]A Kind Of Blue[/i] - possibly the finest jazz record ever made.

[i]Bitches Brew[/i] - if you want your head f***ed in more ways than Jenna Jameson.[/quote]
Abso-f***ing-lutely!

[teen t-shirt]

very surprised bilbo reared his ugly head yet...

5,4,3,2,1...

[foal30]

Kind of Blue is the obvious one, Paul Chambers is one special Bass player but the album itself should be in all record collections.
It is a very important recording.

Ron Carter is a mother, if pushed for one album with him on Bass maybe try Neferti

The Man with the Horn for Marcus Miller era.

Michael Henderson's time with Miles is a bit harder to pin down. maybe a Tribute to Jack Johnson...there is a vamp on that record that stretches them mind considerably (well mine anyway)


the Chambers era is now incorporated into one set from the Prestige(?) label. this is pretty much the Cookin, Walkin etc albums and includes Blues by Five which has a spanking solo.

[YouMa]

Anything with dave liebman on it (on the corner) Dave liebman plays like a snake charmer.

[alexclaber]

Kind Of Blue, obviously!

ESP is a great lesser known album that manages to be accessible yet unique. On The Corner is a very cool and weird groove monster.

Alex

[Kiwi]

[quote name='lukeward2004' post='271330' date='Aug 27 2008, 09:19 PM']TuTu - has Marcus Miller on bass and I believe he also produced it.[/quote]
+1, first CD i ever purchased! It makes for a great hifi demo cd too.

[blamelouis]

Kind of blue is the greatest album ever made !!

My favs are "starpeople" and "Decoy"

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-People-Miles-Davis/dp/B00002644H/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1219911132&sr=8-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-People-Miles-...1132&sr=8-1[/url]


[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decoy-Miles-Davis/dp/B000026H31/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1219911185&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decoy-Miles-Davis/...1185&sr=1-1[/url]

Also Miles autobiography is one of the best music biographys i've read


[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miles-Autobiography-Picador-Books-Davis/dp/0330313827/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219911284&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miles-Autobiograph...1284&sr=1-1[/url]

Enjoy you lucky sod i'd love to be hearing Miles as a newbie and being bewitched all over again like the first time i heard "Hejira " by Joni Mitchell ! Memories !!!!

[6stringbassist]

[quote name='Master blaster' post='271356' date='Aug 27 2008, 09:49 PM']Cheers for the suggestions. 'kind of blue' is looking like a possibility at the moment. My record player broke a few years ago. Never got around to replacing it. Which sucks cos theres nothing listening to vinyl. I may give 'bitches brew' a try sometime to. I like to f*** my mind up with crazy music. Whenever im in the pub i like to put Weather Report on the juke box, its kinda amusing looking at everyone that doesn't get the beauty of Jazz Fusion.[/quote]

I wish the pubs by me had Weather report on their jukeboxes.

[Wil]

Bitches Brew is just unlistenable to me. Not the ideal intro to Miles, IMO.

[Bilbo]

Bilbo has entered the building....(sorry, am away at the moment and the net is hard to find where I am)

Kind of Blue is a must - best selling Miles LP/VCD and the most influential jazz cd of all time.

Others must haves:

Sketches of Spain, Porgy and Bess and Miles Ahead are all Gil Evans collaborations - orchestral/big band jazz at its best - all Paul Chambers

Milestones, Cookin' Relaxin' Steamin' and the other one - similar line up to KoB etc

Birth of the Cool - created the West Coast sound in one hit (the band only ever did two weeks of gigs but still managed to change the world), Al McKibbon on bass

Miles Smiles - Wayne SHorter/Herbie HAncock/Tony WIlliams/Ron Carter line-up - great band

I am not a great fan of the electric stuff (there is better stuff out there). Tutu is not a players cd its a producers. Its a Marcus Miller CD not a Miles Davis one! Decoy, Star People, You're Under Arrest etc are ok/fun but not as dewfinitive and historically important as the ones I have listed.