If you're a Miles fan...
I am honored to be the first reviewer of this fine collection.
Amazon's title for this product is wrong. This 10 DVD set covers musical appearances that Miles Davis made at the Montreaux Jazz Festival from 1973 until 1991.
When I saw that this became available, I begged my wife to get it for me for Christmas. It's Christmas Day, and I'm watching. I've been listening to some of these tracks since the "Live Around the World" CD came out in 1996. The rest of the tracks were released on the limited edition "The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux: 1973-1991" boxed set in 2002. It's now out of print and sells here on Amazon for $390. If you're a fan of Miles' work from 1973 - 1991 you must add this to your collection. There is something magical about being able to see Kenny Garrett, Bob Berg, Kei Akagi, Darryl Jones, Ricky Wellman, Robert Irving III, John Scofield, Foley McReary and other incredible musicians interacting, learning and growing with Miles...
can't get enough Miles live
I have been watching this for months now, and I still haven't gotten to every disc in the set. There is so much great playing and subtlety that you can easily watch each show 7-8 times without even beginning to get bored.
This is mostly 1980s Miles, so it is a great combination of funk, jazz and pop. Not as innovative as the 1960s and 1970s Miles, perhaps, but the improvisation and chops are there. And Miles is still a one-of-a-kind band leader who can get the best performances out of his sidemen. I particularly recommend the Scofield/Berg/Jones era of Discs 2-5.
I'm sure I'll still be watching these regularly in a year and maybe even five years.
Astonishing!
I've been listening to Miles since 1964 when I first joined the CBS Australian Record Club, so I have grown up with Miles's many band incarnations and movements in music - the New Directions in Jazz, as some might recall. In later years I was able to see Miles live, in the 70s and the 80s (1988 being the last time).
Apart from the first disc on this magnificent set which captures one track from 1973, this documents several versions of Miles's bans at Montreux through the mid-80s to the l991 concert.
This means there is a degree of repetition in the pieces played, but every version is different enough top warrant inclusion. Different sounds, different solos, different dynamics within the bands. These are extremely well-shot concerts, superbly edited and sounding just wonderful. Apart from the work with Gil Evans (and let's not forget the superb Aura) Miles big band dates were pretty scarce. But some of these groups from the 1980s, particularly those with Robbin Ford on...
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